Quantum-Barrier-Varactor Diodes for High-Efficiency Millimetre-Wave Multipliers
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 1989

A new device, the quantum-barrier-varactor diode (QBV diode), is proposed for use in multipliers for millimetre waves. Since the capacitance/voltage characteristic is symmetric, only odd harmonics are obtained. Hence there is no idler circuit to consider for the tripler and only one for the quintupler. It is shown that for triplers and quintuplers, the theoretical efficiency using QBVs is comparable or possibly larger than using Schottky varactor diodes.

harmonic generation

SBV

QBV

varactor

frequency multiplier

HBV

Författare

Erik Kollberg

Institutionen för tillämpad elektron fysik

Anders Rydberg

Chalmers, Institutionen för radio- och rymdvetenskap

Electronics Letters

0013-5194 (ISSN) 1350-911X (eISSN)

Vol. 25 25 1696-1698

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Elektroteknik och elektronik

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