MMIC design

Updated January 3, 2011

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On this page we'll tie together all of the examples we have posted on MMIC designs (just a few so far). We'll give you an overview of the important features of designs, not an actual CAD file. Send us some images (with permission from your corporation) of obsolete MMICs and we'll grade your work for free! Or send us a current design, and wrap it in some Benjamin, and we'll create a page that we can all learn from while you market your best MMICs!

A MMIC is a monolithic microwave integrated circuit. This is where the rubber meets the road in any active microwave design.

MMIC LNA designs

Example X-band LNA with series and parallel feedback

MMIC switch designs

Example on shunt-shunt and series shunt-shunt X-band switches

Example on series shunt-shunt-shunt 18 GHz switch

New for January 2011! Here's an important consideration for designing with shunt switch elements that you need to know about!

Example 1: AMTL six bit S-band phase shifter

Example 2: Marconi six bit C-band phase shifter

MMIC gain block designs

Example C-band amp coming soon!

Mixed signal designs

Upconverter design coming soon