2011 Volume E94.C Issue 5 Pages 814-819
High-power protection switch utilizing a new stub/line selectable configuration is presented. By employing the proposed circuit topology, the insertion loss at receiving mode and the power handling capability at transmitting mode can be independently designed. Therefore, the proposed circuit is able to achieve low insertion loss at receiving mode while keeping high-power performance at transmitting mode. To verify this methodology, MMIC switch has been fabricated in Ka-band. The circuit has achieved the insertion loss of 2dB, the isolation of 25dB, and the power handling capability of 40dBm at 5% bandwidth.