Company: University of California
San Diego, California
www.ece.ucsd.edu

Jazz Process Chosen: SBC18HX (0.18µm SiGe BiCMOS)

Product: 8-Element RFIC Phased Array Receiver (6-18GHz Frequency Range)

Description: The chip is only 2.2 x 2.3 mm, replaces at least 16 GaAs chips, consumes 20x less power than traditional phased array implementations, and will allow a new generation of miniature and very low-cost phased arrays for X to Ku-Band applications. This is the first demonstration, ever, of a single silicon chip with 8 complicated 6-18 GHz phased array receivers together with all the necessary CMOS controlling circuits.

Target: Designed to address the high data-rate communications and satellite-based systems markets.

"UCSD believes that the silicon RFIC phased array controller will be a disruptive element in the design of future phased array systems and will enable low-cost phased arrays in the near future by integrating so many functions on the same silicon chip. Our success in bringing this exciting technology to market depends strongly on the Jazz 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS process which enables integration of both the RF functions and the digital blocks all on the same chip. We were delighted to work with Jazz, whom we view as one of the leading foundries in the RF semiconductor space."
-- Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Co-developer of Phased Array Receiver, Professor of Electrical Engineering, UCSD

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