Number of hours
- Lectures 24
ECTS
ECTS 2,5
Goal(s)
The goal of this course is to explore the theory, design and characterization techniques of the main passive circuits appearing in wireless communication systems: power dividers, matching networks, couplers, baluns, filters, …
Only passive circuits based on distributed approach (transmission lines) will be addressed, in PCB, CMOS/BiCMOS and alternative technologies, from RF to mm-wave circuits. The circuits are based on classical transmission lines like microstrip, coplanar or SIW (Substrate Integrated Waveguide), but a large focus will be done on new transmission lines based on slow-wave concepts, including slow-wave CPW, slow-wave microstrip and slow-wave SIW.
The design of tunable passive circuits will also be discussed.
The characterization techniques will be explored in theory and in practical labs.
Only passive circuits based on distributed approach (transmission lines) will be addressed, in PCB, CMOS/BiCMOS and alternative technologies, from RF to mm-wave circuits. The circuits are based on classical transmission lines like microstrip, coplanar or SIW (Substrate Integrated Waveguide), but a large focus will be done on new transmission lines based on slow-wave concepts, including slow-wave CPW, slow-wave microstrip and slow-wave SIW.
The design of tunable passive circuits will also be discussed.
The characterization techniques will be explored in theory and in practical labs.
Responsible(s)
Philippe Ferrari philippe.ferrari@ujf-grenoble.fr
Content(s)
• S parameters, ABCD, Y & Z matrices.
• Smith chart, matching networks
• Signal-flow diagram
• Classical low-profile transmission lines: microstrip, coplanar (CPW & CPS)
• Substrate integrated waveguides (SIW)
• Slow-wave structures
• Design of power dividers, matching networks, couplers, baluns, filters, phase shifters
• Characterization and de-embedding techniques
Test
The exam is given in english only
1 written exam, 2 hours
1 oral presentation
Final mark= 0.5 (exam) + 0.5 (oral presentation)
Bibliography
Some fundamental books concerning the circuit theory of TLines :
• “Microwave Engineering”, David M. Pozar
• “Microwave Engineering: Passive Circuits”, Peter A. Rizzi
• “Foundations for Microwave Engineering” , Robert E. Collin
• “Coplanar Waveguide Circuits, Components, and Systems”, R. N. Simons
Some books concerning integrated circuits in RF (only few books exist, since the integration of passive circuits in RF is quite new):
• “Coplanar Microwave Integrated Circuits”, Ingo Wolff
• “RF Microelectronics: United States Edition”, Behzad Razavi
Transmission lines
[1] D. BELOT, “MILLIMETER-WAVE DESIGN IN SILICON TECHNOLOGIES,” IEEE SILICON MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IN RF SYSTEMS (SIRF), NEW ORLEANS, JANUARY 2010.
[2] T. S. D. CHEUNG, ET AL., “ON-CHIP INTERCONNECT FOR MM-WAVE APPLICATIONS USING AN ALL-COPPER TECHNOLOGY AND WAVELENGTH REDUCTION,” IN IEEE INT. SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONF. (ISSCC) DIG. TECH. PAPERS, FEB. 2003, PP. 396–397.
[3] T.S.D. CHEUNG, ET AL., “SHIELDED PASSIVE DEVICES FOR SILICON-BASED MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS”, IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, VOL. 41, NO. 5, PP. 1183-1200, MAY 2006.
[4] ANNE-LAURE FRANC, “LIGNES DE PROPAGATION INTEGREES A FORT FACTEUR DE QUALITE EN TECHNOLOGIE CMOS – APPLICATION A LA SYNTHESE DE CIRCUITS PASSIFS MILLIMETRIQUES », PHD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF GRENOBLE, 6TH JULY, 2011.
[5] A.-L. FRANC, E. PISTONO, G. MEUNIER, D. GLORIA, AND P. FERRARI, « A LOSSY CIRCUIT MODEL BASED ON PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION FOR INTEGRATED SHIELDED SLOW-WAVE CMOS COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES », IEEE TRANS. ON MICROWAVE THEORY TECH., VOL. 61, NO. 2, PP. 754-763, FEB. 2013.
[6] A. NIEMBRO-MARTÍN, V. NASSERDDINE, E. PISTONO, H. ISSA, A.-L. FRANC, T.-P. VUONG, AND P. FERRARI, "SLOW-WAVE SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE", IEEE TRANS. ON MICROWAVE THEORY TECH., VOL. 62, NO. 8, PP. 1625-1633, AUG. 2014.
[7] A. L. C. SERRANO, A.-L. FRANC, D. P. ASSIS, F. PODEVIN, G. P. REHDER, N. CORRAO, AND P. FERRARI, "MODELING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SLOW-WAVE MICROSTRIP LINES ON METALLIC-NANOWIRE-FILLED-MEMBRANE SUBSTRATE, “ IEEE TRANS. ON MICROWAVE THEORY TECH., VOL. 62, NO. 12, PP. 3249-3254, DEC. 2014.
Power dividers
[8] E. J. WILKINSON, “AN N-WAY HYBRID POWER DIVIDER,” IRE TRANS. MICROWAVE THEORY TECH., VOL. MTT–8, PP. 116–118, JAN. 1960.
[9] S. PARK, ET AL., “HIGHLY-INTEGRABLE K-BAND POWER DIVIDERS BASED ON DIGITAL CMOS TECHNOLOGY,” IEICE ELECTRONICS EXPRESS, VOL. 8, NO. 3, PP. 114–120, JAN. 2011.
[10] A.-L. FRANC, E. PISTONO, N. CORRAO, D. GLORIA, AND P. FERRARI, “COMPACT HIGH-Q, LOW-LOSS MMW TRANSMISSION LINES AND POWER SPLITTERS IN RF CMOS TECHNOLOGY,” PROC. IEEE INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES SYMPOSIUM, MTT-S 2011, BALTIMORE, USA, JUNE 5-10, 2011.
Baluns
[11] F. BURDIN, F. PODEVIN, D. GLORIA AND P. FERRARI, “MINIATURIZED LOW-LOSS MILLIMETER-WAVE RAT-RACE BALUN IN A CMOS 28 NM TECHNOLOGY,” PROC. IEEE INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SERIES, SITGES, SPAIN, SEPT. 15-16, 2011.
[12] N. NOURI, ET AL., “A DOUBLE-BALANCED CMOS MIXER WITH ON-CHIP BALUN FOR 60-GHZ RECEIVERS,” PROC. OF THE 8TH NEWCAS CONFERENCE, MONTREAL, CANADA, JUNE 20-23, 2010.
[13] M. K. CHIRALA AND B. A. FLOYD, “MILLIMETER-WAVE LANGE AND RINGHYBRID COUPLERS IN A SILICON TECHNOLOGY FOR E-BAND APPLICATIONS” IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 11-16 JUNE 2006.
[14] MOHAN K. CHIRALA AND CAM NGUYEN, “MULTILAYER DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR EXTREMELY MINIATURIZED CMOS MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE DISTRIBUTED PASSIVE CIRCUITS IEEE TRANS. MICROW. THEORY TECH, VOL. 54, NO. 12, PP.4218, DEC. 2006.
[15] G. E. PONCHAK AND J. PAPAPOLYMEROU, “180 HYBRID (RAT-RACE) JUNCTION ONCMOSGRADE SILICON WITH A POLYIMIDE INTERFACE LAYER,” IN PROC. IEEE SILICON MONO. INT. CIRC. RF SYST., GARMISCH, GERMANY, 9-11 APR. 2003.
[16] HANYI DING, KWANHIM LAM, GUOAN WANG, AND WAYNE H WOODS, “ON-CHIP MILLIMETER WAVE RAT-RACE HYBRID AND MARCHAND BALUN IN IBM 0.13UM BICMOS TECHNOLOGY”, IEEE MICROWAVE CONFERENCE, , ASIA-PACIFIC MICROWAVE CONFERENCE, HONG KONG, 16-20 DEC 2008.
[17] CHIAKI INUI, YASUO MANZAWA, AND MINORU FUJISHIMA, “ON-CHIP S-SHAPED RAT-RACE BALUN FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE BAND USING WAFER-LEVEL CHIP-SIZE PACKAGE PROCESS”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE, AMSTERDAM, 27-31 OCT 2008.
[18] C. Y. NG, M. CHONGCHEAWCHAMNAN, I. D. ROBERTSON “MINIATURE 38GHZ COUPLERS AND BALUNS USING MULTILAYER GAAS MMIC TECHNOLOGY” 33RD EUROPEAN MICROWAVE CONFERENCE, MUNICH, 6-10 OCT 2003.
[19] WEI MENG YU, “BROADBAND CMOS GILBERT DOWN CONVERTER UTILIZING A LOW-LOSS STEP IMPEDANCE RAT-RACE COUPLER”, ” IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST, BOSTON, 7-12 JUNE 2009.
Filters
[20] C. QUENDO, ET AL., “NARROW BANDPASS FILTERS USING DUAL-BEHAVIOR RESONATORS,” IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, VOL. 51, NO. 3, PP. 734-743, MARCH 2003.
[21] C. QUENDO, E. RIUS, AND C. PERSON, "NARROW BANDPASS FILTERS USING DUAL-BEHAVIOR RESONATORS BASED ON STEPPED-IMPEDANCE STUBS AND DIFFERENT-LENGTH STUBS," MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON, VOL. 52, NO. 3, PP. 1034-1044, MARCH 2004.
[22] S. B. COHN, "DISSIPATION LOSS IN MULTIPLE-COUPLED-RESONATOR FILTERS," PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRE, VOL. 47, NO. 8, PP. 1342-1348, AUG. 1959.
[23] S. SUN, J. SHI, L. ZHU, S. C. RUSTAGI, AND K. MOUTHAAN, "MILLIMETER-WAVE BANDPASS FILTERS BY STANDARD 0.18-µM CMOS TECHNOLOGY," IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, VOL. 28, NO. 3, PP. 220-222, MARCH 2007.
[24] C.-Y. HSU, C.-Y. CHEN, AND H.-R. CHUANG, "70 GHZ FOLDED LOOP DUAL-MODE BANDPASS FILTER FABRICATED USING 0.18 µM STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY," IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS, VOL. 18, NO. 9, PP. 587-589, SEPT. 2008.
[25] L. NAN, K. MOUTHAAN, Y.-Z. XIONG, J. SHI, S. C. RUSTAGI, AND B.-L. OOI, "DESIGN OF 60- AND 77-GHZ NARROW-BANDPASS FILTERS IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY," CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II: EXPRESS BRIEFS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON, VOL. 55, NO. 8, PP. 738-742, AUG. 2008.
[26] C.-Y. HSU, C.-Y. CHEN, AND H.-R. CHUANG, "A 60-GHZ MILLIMETER-WAVE BANDPASS FILTER USING 0.18-µM CMOS TECHNOLOGY," IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, VOL. 29, NO. 3, PP. 246-248, MARCH 2008.
[27] Y.-C. HSIAO AND C.-H. TSENG, "DESIGN OF 60 GHZ CMOS BANDPASS FILTERS USING COMPLEMENTARY-CONDUCTING STRIP TRANSMISSION LINES," IN INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST (IMS), PP. 1712-1715, 23-28 MAY 2010 2010, ANAHEIM, CA, USA.
[28] L. K. YEH, C. Y. CHEN, AND H. R. CHUANG, "A MILLIMETER-WAVE CPW CMOS ON-CHIP BANDPASS FILTER USING CONDUCTOR-BACKED RESONATORS," IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, VOL. 31, NO. 5, PP. 399-401, MAY 2010.
[29] F. GIANESELLO, D. GLORIA, S. MONTUSCLAT, C. RAYNAUD, S. BORET, G. DAMBRINE, S. LEPILLIET, B. MARTINEAU, AND R. PILARD, "1.8 DB INSERTION LOSS 200 GHZ CPW BAND PASS FILTER INTEGRATED IN HR SOI CMOS TECHNOLOGY," IN INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM (IMS), PP. 453-456, 3-8 JUNE 2007, HONOLULU, HI, USA.
[30] J.-F. CHANG, Y.-S. LIN, P.-L. HUANG, AND S.-S. LU, "A MICROMACHINED V-BAND CMOS BANDPASS FILTER WITH 2-DB INSERTION-LOSS," IN 59TH ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (ECTC), PP. 1590-1593, 26-29 MAY 2009, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA.
[31] A.-L. FRANC, E. PISTONO, D. GLORIA, AND P. FERRARI, "HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHIELDED COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES FOR THE DESIGN OF CMOS 60-GHZ BAND-PASS FILTERS", IEEE TRANS. ON ELECTRON DEVICE, VOL. 59, NO.5, PP. 1219 - 1226, MAY 2012.
[32] M. AKRA, E. PISTONO, H. ISSA, A. JRAD, AND P. FERRARI, " FULL STUDY OF THE PARALLEL-COUPLED STUB-LOADED-RESONATOR: SYNTHESIS METHOD IN A NARROW AND LARGE BAND WITH AN EXTENDED OPTIMAL REJECTION BANDWIDTH ", IEEE TRANS. ON MICROWAVE THEORY TECH., VOL. 62, NO. 12, PP. 3380-3392, DEC. 2014.
French State controlled Master's degree
