Monolithic microwave integrated circuits MMICs

The varied devices previously discussed may be combined with other active or passive circuit elements to make integrated circuits. The major of ICs using III-V materials are Digital ICs, monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and opto-electronic integrated circuits (OEICs). 

A. R. Jha and R. Goel, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) Technology and Design, Norwood, MA Artech House (1989). 

Planar resonators and microstrip and coplanar transmission lines represent the passive elements in almost any integrated circuit technology at first, on chip integration in socalled mmics (monolithic microwave integrated circuits) with SiGe or m/v semiconducting active... 

GaAs MMICs Monolithic microwave integrated circuits have been fabricated using ion implantation. This renders feasible the fabrication of monolithic phased array radars. These circuits incorporate active devices, RF circuitry, and bypass capacitors (53-54). 

MMICS were developed for DoD applications such as radar and weapons systems, but have found commercial inroads with cellular phone, satellite and transmit/receive modules for phased array radar and power amplifiers. They may also find great use in collision avoidance applications. MIMICs typically are made up of GaAs FET amplifiers, resistors, capacitors stripline inductors and other elements. The microwave/ millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuits program was initiated principally by the... 

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