Mixed application MMIC technologies: progress in combining RF, digital, and photonic circuits
Abstract
Approaches for future 'mixed application' monolithic integrated circuits (ICs) employing optical receive/transmit, rf amplification and modulation and digital control functions are discussed. The paper focuses on compatibility of the photonic component fabrication with conventional rf and digital IC technologies. Recent progress at Honeywell in integrating several parts of the desired rf/digital/photonic circuit integration suite required for construction of a future millimeter-wave (mmW) optically-controlled phased- array element are illustrated.
- Publication:
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Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits for Sensors, Radar, and Communications Systems
- Pub Date:
- July 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.44499
- Bibcode:
- 1991SPIE.1475..223S
- Keywords:
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- Digital Electronics;
- Integrated Circuits;
- Microwave Circuits;
- Photonics;
- Radio Frequencies;
- Fiber Optics;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Phased Arrays;
- Transmitter Receivers;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering