A 175 GHz HBV Frequency Quintupler With 60 mW Output Power
Journal article, 2012
In this letter, we present a fixed tuned 175 GHz frequency quintupler with 60 mW output power. The peak efficiency is 6.3% and the 3 dB bandwidth is 8 GHz. The multiplier is based on a single Heterostructure Barrier Varactor (HBV) diode that is flip-chip soldered into a microtsrip matching circuit. All the matching is done “on-chip” and there is no need for dc bias. The multiplier block is very compact (25 x 9 x 8 mm^3).
heterostructure barrier varactor (HBV)
Frequency multipliers
varactors
terahertz source
millimeter wave
harmonic generation
Author
Tomas Bryllert
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Aleksandra Malko
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Josip Vukusic
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Jan Stake
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
1531-1309 (ISSN) 15581764 (eISSN)
Vol. 22 2 76-78 6140932Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Infrastructure
Kollberg Laboratory
Nanofabrication Laboratory
Subject Categories
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/LMWC.2011.2181494