We report on the development and characterization of a compact, full-waveguide bandwidth (WR-10) signal source for general-purpose testing of mm-wave components. The MMIC-based multichip module is designed for compactness and ease-of-use, especially in size-constrained test sets such as a wafer probe station. It takes as input a cm-wave CW reference and provides a factor of three frequency multiplication as well as amplification, output power adjustment, and in-situ output power monitoring. It utilizes a number of custom MMIC chips such as a Schottky-diode limiter and a broadband mm-wave detector, both designed explicitly for this module, as well as custom millimeter-wave multipliers and amplifiers reported in previous papers.
@article{arxiv.1607.05700,
title = {Custom Chipset and Compact Module Design for a 75-110 GHz Laboratory Signal Source},
author = {Matthew A. Morgan and Tod A. Boyd and Jason J. Castro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.05700},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages, 14 figures, to be submitted to IOPScience Measurement Science and Technology journal