New Impedance Matching Scheme for 60 GHzBand Electro-Absorption Modulator Modules

ETRI Journal

关键词: termination resistance;    microstrip band pass filter;    impedance matching;    TWEAM module;   

Others  :  1185426
DOI  :  10.4218/etrij.06.0205.0049

【 摘 要 】

This letter proposes a new impedance matching scheme of a traveling wave electro-absorption modulator (TWEAM) module for a 60 GHz band radio-over-fiber (ROF) link. A microstrip band pass filter (BPF) was used to achieve impedance matching at the 60 GHz band, and termination resistance was carefully designed to obtain an input impedance close to 50 Ω.. Also, a bias circuit for the device was designed in the module. The measured return loss and frequency response showthat the modulator module observes the characteristics of a filter without the need of a further tuning process.

   

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