JHU MMIC Design EE787 Course
The MMIC Design course is a graduate Electrical Engineering class at Johns Hopkins University taught by Craig Moore and John Penn.  Students learn about Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Design (MMIC) during the first half of the semester and then apply that knowledge on a MMIC design project.  This year's student projects are shown as layouts and reports below.  Agilent EEsof provided software support and TriQuint Semiconductor  is fabricating the GaAs ICs during the beginning of 2006.  Students will return to test the fabricated ICs in mid-2006.
  In 2004, Craig Moore retired from teaching and Sheng Cheng helped teach the class. Since 2005, Dr. Michel Reece has co-taught the MMIC class. Both were former JHU MMIC students in 1989 and 2000 respectively.
 
 
      Link to FALL 2007 MMIC Projects
Fall 2007 MMIC Projects Page
 
    Link to FALL 2006 MMIC Projects
Fall 2006 MMIC Projects Page
 
    Measured Data FALL 2006 MMIC Projects
Fall 2006 MMIC Measured Results
 
    Link to FALL 2005 MMIC Projects
Fall 2005 MMIC Projects Page
 
    Measured Data FALL 2005 MMIC Projects
Fall 2005 MMIC Measured Results
 
    Link to FALL 2004 MMIC Projects
Fall 2004 MMIC Projects Page
 
    Measured Data FALL 2004 MMIC Projects
Fall 2004 MMIC Measured Results
 
    Link to FALL 2003 MMIC Projects
Fall 2003 MMIC Projects Page
 
    Measured Data FALL 2003 MMIC Projects
Fall 2003 MMIC Measured Results
 
    Link to FALL 2002 MMIC Projects
Fall 2002 MMIC Projects Page
 
    Measured Data FALL 2002 MMIC Projects
Fall 2002 MMIC Measured Results
 


Previous MMIC Class Projects...

FALL 2001 MMIC Projects
Fall 2001 MMIC Projects--Overview
Fall 2001 MMIC Projects--Layouts


Low Noise Amplifier Report--Joe Acoraci & Liewei He

Low Noise Amplifier Layout--Joe Acoraci & Liewei He

Driver Amplifier Report--Ricardo Kanney

Driver Amplifier Layout--Ricardo Kanney

Power Amplifier Report--Gary Hoffman

Power Amplifier Layout--Gary Hoffman

Mixer Report--Willie Thompson

Mixer Layout--Willie Thompson

VCO Report--Steve Williams & Gary Levy

VCO Layout--Steve Williams & Gary Levy

Doubler Report--Lonnie Glerum & Brent Holm

Doubler Layout--Lonnie Glerum & Brent Holm
 

JHU MMIC Design EE787 Fall 2001 Results
    Following are the test results of the MMIC chips designed in the Fall 2001 MMIC class.  The chips make up a system design for communications in the 5150 – 5350 MHz WLAN and the 5725 – 5875 MHz ISM Bands.
    The fabricated MMICs from the Fall 2001 MMIC Course were received from TriQuint Semiconductor in March 2001 and initially tested in March, and April. All the devices were pretty close to simulations and worked well.

Measured Results--Fall 2001 MMICs

Performance Spreadsheets:

Low Noise Amplifier Results--Joe Acoraci & Liewei He

Driver Amplifier Results--Ricardo Kanney

Power Amplifier Results--Gary Hoffman

Mixer Results--Willie Thompson

VCO Results--Steve Williams & Gary Levy

Doubler Results--Lonnie Glerum & Brent Holm
 

FALL 2000 MMIC Projects
Fall 2000 MMIC Projects--Overview

Fall 2000 MMIC Projects--Layouts


Low Noise Amplifier Report--Ben Davis

Low Noise Amplifier Layout--Ben Davis
 

General Purpose Amplifier Report--Lawrence Walker

General Purpose Amplifier Layout--Lawrence Walker
 

High Power Amplifier Report--Lee Battle

High Power Amplifier Layout--Lee Battle
 

Up/Down Mixer Report--Ray Gabany

Up/Down Mixer Layout--Ray Gabany
 

Frequency Doubler Report--Michel Reece

Frequency Doubler Layout--Michel Reece
 
 

Fall 2000 MMIC Course Measured Results
The fabricated MMICs from the Fall 2000 MMIC Course were received from TriQuint Semiconductor in May 2001 and initially tested in May, and June. Some additional tests were made in July. All the devices were pretty close to simulations and worked well. Below is a PDF file of the results.
 

Measured Results--Fall 2000 MMICs
 
 

JHU Special Projects EE801 Course
In addition to the MMIC Design Course, graduate students can perform individual study projects.  Following is a report of a special MMIC design project--Millimeter Wave Driver Amplifier by Joe Jiacinto.  This MMIC design uses 0.25 um PHEMTs in the TriQuint Texas Foundry.  A foundry library was provided by TriQuint for the Agilent EEsof Series IV design tool.  Joe Jiacinto was a student in the Fall 1999 MMIC Design Course EE787 and also in the Spring 2000 Power MMIC Design Course EE788.
Millimeter Wave Driver Amplifier Report--Joe Jiacinto

Millimeter Wave Driver Amplifier Layout--Joe Jiacinto