Moving Beyond 3D Hetero-Integration and Towards Monolithic Integration of Phase-Change RF Switches with SiGe BiCMOS
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A chip-scale, highly-reconfigurable transmitter and receiver, which hetero-integrates Northrop Grumman’s novel phase-change switch (PCS) technology with commercial SiGe BiCMOS using 3Dstacking has been demonstrated. Further miniaturization and performance improvements are being pursued through fully monolithic integration. The current state of the technology will be discussed followed by a discussion of the advantages, goals and challenges of fully monolithic integration.
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