mmWave RFIC and MMIC Design Part 3 of 3

Course 307

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Summary

This course offers sessions 7, 8, and 9 of 9 total sessions (~2.5 hours each) in the course. The parts are intended to be taken sequentially.

Learning objectives

Upon completing the course you will be able to:

See part 1 of 3 for course learning objectives.

Outline

Sample Case Studies

 • Designing a 20 – 40 GHz 10 W GaN amplifier • Designing a 75 – 100 GHz 2W amplifier • Designing a 80 GHz SiGe amplifier • Designing a 45 GHz CMOS amplifier • Design a 28 GHz CMOS amplifier

Layout

 • Layout design rules • Process control and monitoring • Reverse engineering • Yield and sensitivity analysis

Testing and Packaging

 • Rapid testing: on-wafer, dc-screening • Package design • Package parasitics - cavity effects, stabilization • Thermal management - epoxy, eutectic