Development and Design of a 340 GHz Photomixer Source

Paper in proceeding, 2007

We present the design of an InGaAlAs/InP uni-traveling-carrier photo-diode (UTC-PD) at mm-wave frequencies up to 340 GHz. The photo diode epitaxy is optimized using a quasi-3D software implementing the hydrodynamic semiconductor equations, for which an output power of 3 mW at 340 GHz was simulated. An equivalent circuit of the UTC-PD has been fitted to experimental S11 measurements up to 67 GHz. Finally, an optimized antenna coupled UTC-PD with choke filter has been designed. This MMIC circuit is intended for photomixing, with output power at 340 GHz.