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).
terahertz source
heterostructure barrier varactor (HBV)
harmonic generation
varactors
Frequency multipliers
millimeter wave
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)
Vol. 22 2 76-78Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Infrastructure
Nanofabrication Laboratory
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Control Engineering
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/LMWC.2011.2181494