Rigorous analysis and design of a high-performance 94 GHz MMIC doubler

Author

Chen, Seng-Woon ; Ho, Thomas C. ; Pande, Krishna ; Rice, Paul D.

Author_Institution

Microwave Electron. Div., COMSAT Lab., Clarksburg, MD, USA

Volume

41

Issue

12

fYear

1993

fDate

12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2317

Lastpage

2322

Abstract

A 94-GHz monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) frequency doubler with 25% efficiency and 65-mW output power is discussed. Variations in the Schottky-barrier varactor diode´s performance as a doubler with its geometry and doping profile are analyzed for optimum efficiency and output power. Optimum doubler performance is obtained by use of the optimized diode parameters resulting from this analysis. Measured diode parameters as well as doubler responses show excellent agreement with the analysis

Keywords

MMIC; Schottky-barrier diodes; doping profiles; frequency multipliers; varactors; 25 percent; 65 mW; 94 GHz; MMIC frequency doubler; Schottky-barrier varactor diode; doping profile dependence; geometry dependence; optimized diode parameters; optimum efficiency; output power; Computational geometry; Doping profiles; Frequency; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Performance analysis; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.260723

Filename

260723