A 100-GHz HBV frequency quintupler using microstrip elements

Author

Olsen, Arne Øistein ; Ingvarson, Mattias ; Alderman, Byron ; Stake, Jan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

14

Issue

10

fYear

2004

Firstpage

493

Lastpage

495

Abstract

A new quintupler concept using a heterostructure barrier varactor has been fabricated and measured. The multiplier consists of a quartz circuit mounted in a full height crossed waveguide block, and hence uses a mixture of waveguide components and microstrip elements. The embedding impedance for the fundamental frequency is provided by tuneable backshorts, whereas conventional microstrip circuit elements are used for impedance matching for the third and fifth harmonic. This topology is highly suitable for monolithic integration, and a peak conversion efficiency of 4.9% was measured at 102.5GHz with an input power of 13dBm.

Keywords

frequency multipliers; harmonic generation; impedance matching; microstrip circuits; submillimetre waves; varactors; 100 GHz; 102.5 GHz; HBV frequency quintupler; crossed waveguide block; embedding impedance; harmonic generation; heterostructure barrier varactor; impedance matching; microstrip circuit; microstrip elements; monolithic integration; quartz circuit; sub-millimeter wave; tuneable back-shorts; waveguide components; Circuit topology; Frequency; Impedance matching; Microstrip components; Monolithic integrated circuits; Power measurement; Tunable circuits and devices; Tuned circuits; Varactors; Waveguide components; HBV; Harmonic generation; heterostructure barrier varactor; multiplier; quintupler; sub-millimeter wave;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2004.834578

Filename

1339302