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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1995
Perry A Macdonald, Culver City, CA (US);
Lawrence E Larson, Bethesda, MD (US);
Michael G Case, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mehran Matloubian, Encino, CA (US);
Mary Y Chen, Agoura, CA (US);
David B Rensch, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A monolithic microwave integrated circuit is formed by positioning a distributed, transmission-line network over a microwave-device structure. The ground plane of the transmission-line network adjoins an interconnect system of the microwave-device structure and signal lines of the transmission-line network are adapted to communicate with the microwave-device structure through orifices of the ground plane. The invention facilitates the use of low-cost silicon-based transistors in monolithic microwave integrated circuits.