The objective of this research is to understand the design and performance of state-of-the-art silicon-germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS high-frequency circuits for phased- array radar and wireless communication systems operating in extreme environment conditions. This work investigates the performance of RF circuits over a wide- temperature and exposure to a radiation intensive environment. The design and characterization of a fully integrated transmit/receive (T/R) module and integra- tion onto a multi-element antenna array is presented. In addition, individual circuit blocks are characterized in these extreme environments.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/37141 |
| Date | 15 November 2010 |
| Creators | Thrivikraman, Tushar K. |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
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