A single barrier varactor quintupler at 170 GHz
Journal article, 1995
InGaAs-InAlAs single-barrier varactor (SBV) diodes are tested as frequency quintuplers. The diodes were tested in a crossed-waveguide structure and provided output frequencies between 148 and 187 GHz. The highest observed flange-to-flange efficiency was 0.78% at an output frequency of 172 GHz. This is nearly four times greater than the best quintupler efficiency obtained for previous SBV varactors made from the GaAs-AlGaAs materials system.
frequency multiplier
quintupler
QBV
harmonic generation
terahertz sources
HBV
SBV
varactors
Author
Antti Räisänen
Timo J. Tolmunen
Mark Natzic
Margaret Frerking
Elliott Brown
Hans Grönqvist
Department of Microwave Technology
Svein M. Nilsen
Department of Microwave Technology
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
0018-9480 (ISSN) 15579670 (eISSN)
Vol. 43 3 685-688Subject Categories
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/22.372117