Microwave and Millimetre-wave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MMICs)

Mission statement
The mission of the group is to conduct research and develop in the area of MMICs and integrated antennas operating from 1 GHz to 0.5 THz.

Technology
All of the MMICs technology developed at Glasgow use both e-beam and optical lithography.

• 50 nm gate length ultra high performance III-V MHEMT (currently highest reported fT in the world of 440 GHz).
• Co-planar wave guide (CPW) transmission media.

All of the design and the fabrication steps required to release a full MMICs is conducted under one roof (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow).

Applications and current activities areas

• Ultra high resolution radar, passive and active imaging.
• Ultra-Wide Bandwidth (UWB) applications.
• Inter-space communication and observations.
• Wireless sensors.

Track record
Examples of Microwave and Millimetre-wave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MMICs) for Imaging, Radar, and Communications applications we have designed and realised using our in-house III-V MMICs fabrication capabilities.

• 2.5 GHz active resonators.
• 4.5 GHz active filters.
• 35 GHz downconverter blocks - combined low noise amplifier/single balanced mixer.
• 55 GHz balanced amplifier.
• 55 GHz oscillator.
• 77 GHz vector modulator.
• 94 GHz low noise amplifier and oscillator.
• 150 GHz amplifier.

For further information, please contact Dr. Khaled Elgaid.