Tyco Electronics M/A-COM's Tim Boles presented his “A Monolithic, 1000 W SPDT Switch” research paper at the 2008 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2008. Boles’ paper was presented during the conference’s Interactive Forum on June 18th.

Boles explained his presentation: “A monolithic high power, high linearity, broadband, pin diode switch capable of handling greater than 1000 W of pulsed peak RF power has been designed and developed using a patented glass/silicon technology. This technology designated heterolithic microwave integrated circuit (HMIC) has been developed for various mixed signal and control circuit function applications ranging from HF through microwave frequencies.

The unique design and fabrication techniques required for the needed improvements in thermal resistance and peak-to-peak voltage handling of this high power switch will be discussed in detail during my paper presentation. In addition, I will also analyze the results of this development effort in terms of standard switch parameters; insertion loss, isolation, return loss and power handling.”

The International Microwave Symposium is the headline conference of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). It features a wide variety of technical papers and workshops by researchers from around the world. The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2008 (IMS 2008) is the premiere event of Microwave Week 2008.