A terahertz frequency tripler with single serial varactor diode

Author

Li, Hao ; Zhang, Bo ; Fan, Yong

Author_Institution

EHF Key Lab. of Fundamental Sci., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2012

fDate

19-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Design and analysis of a terahertz frequency tripler whose band ranges from 106GHz to 114GHz are reported in this paper. The tripler uses single commercially available MA46H146 GaAs Flip-Chip multiplier varactor. The circuit design, simulation and optimization of the frequency tripler are carried out with HFSS and ADS. When the input power is 20dBm, the simulated conversion efficiency of the tripler is greater than 10% in the entire bandwidth, reaches 23% at 110.1GHz and has a peak value of 29.7%.

Keywords

circuit optimisation; circuit simulation; flip-chip devices; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit design; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; varactors; ADS; HFSS; MA46H146 gallium arsenide flip-chip multiplier varactor; circuit design; circuit optimization; circuit simulation; frequency 106 GHz to 114 GHz; simulated conversion efficiency; single serial varactor diode; terahertz frequency tripler; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Harmonic analysis; Microstrip; Schottky diodes; Varactors; Waveguide transitions; Terahertz; frequency multiplication; frequency tripler; microstrip line; varactor; waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology (MMWCST), 2012 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1893-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMWCST.2012.6238137

Filename

6238137