Impact of the U.S. MIMIC program on MMIC technology and applications

The primary objective of the U.S. Department of Defense Microwave and Millimeter Wave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MIMIC) program is the development of high performance, affordable, and available microwave and millimeter wave technology for building electronic systems. This paper describes the advances made under program sponsorship, during the past six years, in the areas of material growth, computer aided design capabilities, microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) manufacturing, MMIC circuit capabilities, multi-chip packaging, and automated testing. MMIC technology use in systems is also discussed.