Ibrahim, Sarah, Szczepkowski, Grzegorz and Farrell, Ronan (2014) Wide Band Switched Delay Line using MEMS Switches. Proceedings of the 17th Research Colloquium on Communications and Radio Science into the 21st Century.
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Abstract
This paper presents a high precision wide
band switched delay line with fine tuning capability and
low insertion loss. The circuit is designed to operate in
the frequency range from 1 GHz to 5 GHz and tuned
using MEMS switches targeting a minimum delay step
of 7 ps. The delay line uses a single layer of a high
permittivity substrate ("r =10), and the MEMS devices
are interconnected using conventional coplanar waveguide
technology (CPW). The circuit was designed and simulated
using CST Microwave Studio. The simulated group delay
shows a small deviation from the linear phase of less than
1o over a wide bandwidth compared to the performance of
SAW and ceramic filters [1]. The simulation results shows
an insertion loss and a return loss of better than 1 dB and
20 dB respectively.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Switched delay line; MEMS switches; Wide band RF; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering |
| Item ID: | 4962 |
| Depositing User: | Ronan Farrell |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2014 10:19 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the 17th Research Colloquium on Communications and Radio Science into the 21st Century |
| Publisher: | Royal Irish Academy |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 10/CE/I1853 |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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