1-6 GHz UWB phase shifter design and implementation with surface micromachining


Tokgöz K. K., Çetintepe Ç., DEMİR Ş.

6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012, Prague, Çek Cumhuriyeti, 26 - 30 Mart 2012, ss.2933-2937 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/eucap.2012.6206455
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Prague
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Çek Cumhuriyeti
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2933-2937
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: All-Pass, Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitor, Phase Shifter, Planar Spiral Inductor, Surface micromachining, UWB
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

An Ultra-wideband (UWB), 1-to-6 GHz, 4-bit phase shifter design is presented. The proposed phase shifter utilizes lumped-element, three-stage all-pass network to achieve UWB phase characteristics. Ideal predesign of the phase shifter is done successfully by following the three-stage all-pass network design procedure described in this paper. Following the ideal predesign, circuit elements are implemented using lumped planar spiral inductors (PSIs) and Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) capacitors for each phase shift bit and a practical design incorporating element parasitics is accomplished. The simulation results for each phase shift bit as well as all bit-states are provided for the practical design and the ideal one along with phase-related error information. According to the simulation results, the practical design exhibits a maximum rms phase error of 5.3% over 1-6 GHz frequency band. Prototype planar spiral inductors are fabricated using an in-house surface micromachining technology and a good agreement is attained between the simulation and measurement results, which validates the design procedure. © 2012 IEEE.