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44-GHz 4×4 MMIC Butler Matrix

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IEEE

Abstract

A 44 GHz Butler matrix designed and manufactured in an InGaAs MMIC process is presented. A compensated crossover is designed to effectively use the two metal layers available in the process while limiting coupling and mismatch to −30dB and −28dB, respectively. The phase shifts are implemented with multiple coupled-line sections and couplers as tandem couplers. On-wafer measurements on a 2.5 mm by 2.5 mm chip show an insertion loss of 2.4 dB and match better than 16.5 dB with amplitude imbalance and phase error of 1.5 dB and 10.8° at 44 GHz. The multiport measurements are enabled with reconfigurable on-chip terminations at the ports. A narrowband patch antenna array on Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 is designed, and the simulated array patterns using the Butler matrix as a feed network are also shown for both single beam and multi-beam performance.

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P. Danielson, L. Marzall and Z. Popović, "A 44-GHz 4×4 MMIC Butler Matrix," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology (ARRAY), Boston, MA, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ARRAY58370.2024.10880326.

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Date:
February 20, 2025
DOI:
10.1109/ARRAY58370.2024.10880326