Monolithic microwave integrated circuit with integral array antenna
USRE32369E · kind E · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 7, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A monolithic microwave integrated circuit including an integral array antenna. The system includes radiating elements, feed network, phasing network, active and/or passive semiconductor devices, digital logic interface circuits and a microcomputer controller simultaneously incorporated on a single semi-insulating GaAs substrate by means of a controlled fabrication process sequence. The resulting integrated circuit structure built upon a semi-insulating GaAs substrate provides a unique monolithic structure capable not only of phase-shifting, amplifying or otherwise controlling and conducting r.f. electrical signals but also capable of directly radiating/receiving r.f. electromagnetic emanations propagated to/from the integral antenna elements of the monolithic structure.
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