AWR, TriQuint, & Multilink Collaborate to Streamline MMIC Design & Development

Turn up the Heat! Awr Connectedtm: an Electrical-thermal Mmic Design Flow

Electronic circuit design typically begins with an assumption that the components are operating at ambient temperature. Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) design, in particular, violates this as the DC current fl owing through the ever-shrinking devices induces heating to two, three, or even four times greater temperature (in oC). Such a large departure from assumed room temperature...

Advancing Clinical Trials to Streamline Drug Development.

The last decade in oncology has been marked by the identification of numerous new potential cancer targets and even more agents designed to inhibit them. The matrix of new targets, new agents, and the companion diagnostics required to identify the right patient for the right drug has created a major challenge for the clinical trial process. This has been compounded by the addition of new immuno...

GaN HEMT and MMIC Design and Evaluation

Chapter 6. MMIC Design Methodologies and Verification

A well-documented MMIC design methodology ensures a much smoother and faster turnaround of circuits. Circuit designs along with information relating to layout, processing, and testing can be preserved and used for future applications, thereby eliminating duplication of effort and providing substantial time and cost savings. This will not only assure a well-controlled and repeatable environment,...

Design of MMIC Serial to Parallel Converter in Gallium Arsenide

Abstract A 5-bit MMIC serial to parallel converter has been designed in Gallium Arsenide. It is intended to be used together with a 5-bit True Time Delay (TTD) circuit, but it can easily be expanded into an arbitrary number of bits. The circuit has been designed with a logic style called DCFL, and a 0.20 μm process (ED02AH) from OMMIC has been used to fabricate the circuit. The chip size of thi...