Transient effects of optically modulated RF-switches, measured with a large-signal vector network analyzer (LSNA) are discussed in this paper. Light is used to influence the characteristics of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) designed in a multilayer thin-film multichip module (MCM-D) technology on high resistivity Silicon (HR-Si). Under static illumination of the CPW line, measurements demonstrate an insertion loss contrast of more than 35 dB above 20 GHz. With a modulated illumination input in the kHz-range, the study of the insertion and return loss show transient effects depending on the carrier frequency and substrate parameters. Time dependent S-parameters are used to study the switch behavior of the CPW line under illumination. The static physical model, used in 3D-electromagnetic (EM) simulations, is used to explain the time dependent behavior.
Poesen, G, Vanden Bossche, M, Koers, G, Stiens, J & Vounckx, R 2006, Transient Effects in Optically Modulated Transmission Line Switches Opertaing at Millimeter Wave Frequencies. in 4th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications, The 8th Topical Symposium on Millimeter Waves - TSMMW2006 , The 7th MINT Millimeter-Wave International Symposium - MINT-MIS2006. Millilab, Espoo, Finland., pp. 9-15, Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, 21/09/09. <http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/millilab/conference2006/>
Poesen, G., Vanden Bossche, M., Koers, G., Stiens, J., & Vounckx, R. (2006). Transient Effects in Optically Modulated Transmission Line Switches Opertaing at Millimeter Wave Frequencies. In 4th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications, The 8th Topical Symposium on Millimeter Waves - TSMMW2006 , The 7th MINT Millimeter-Wave International Symposium - MINT-MIS2006 (pp. 9-15). Millilab, Espoo, Finland.. http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/millilab/conference2006/
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title = "Transient Effects in Optically Modulated Transmission Line Switches Opertaing at Millimeter Wave Frequencies",
abstract = "Transient effects of optically modulated RF-switches, measured with a large-signal vector network analyzer (LSNA) are discussed in this paper. Light is used to influence the characteristics of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) designed in a multilayer thin-film multichip module (MCM-D) technology on high resistivity Silicon (HR-Si). Under static illumination of the CPW line, measurements demonstrate an insertion loss contrast of more than 35 dB above 20 GHz. With a modulated illumination input in the kHz-range, the study of the insertion and return loss show transient effects depending on the carrier frequency and substrate parameters. Time dependent S-parameters are used to study the switch behavior of the CPW line under illumination. The static physical model, used in 3D-electromagnetic (EM) simulations, is used to explain the time dependent behavior.",
author = "Gert Poesen and \{Vanden Bossche\}, M. and Gaetan Koers and Johan Stiens and Roger Vounckx",
note = "4th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications, The 8th Topical Symposium on Millimeter Waves - TSMMW2006 , The 7th MINT Millimeter-Wave International Symposium - MINT-MIS2006, pp. , , , , European Space Agency, MilliLab,; Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet ; Conference date: 21-09-2009 Through 25-09-2009",
year = "2006",
month = feb,
day = "15",
language = "English",
pages = "9--15",
booktitle = "4th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications, The 8th Topical Symposium on Millimeter Waves - TSMMW2006 , The 7th MINT Millimeter-Wave International Symposium - MINT-MIS2006",
publisher = "Millilab, Espoo, Finland.",
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