Rigorous design of a 94 GHz MMIC doubler

Author

Chen, S.-W. ; Ho, T. ; Phelleps, F.R. ; Singer, J.L. ; Pande, K. ; Rice, P. ; Adair, J. ; Ghahremani, M.

Author_Institution

COMSAT Lab., Clarksburg, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

14-15 June 1993

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

92

Abstract

A 94-GHz monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) frequency doubler with 25% efficiency and 65 mW output power is discussed. Variation in the diodes 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 results of the diode parameters as well as doubler response show excellent agreement with the analysis. The doubler exhibits better performance than those reported in the literature at similar frequencies using an MMIC approach.<>

Keywords

MMIC; frequency multipliers; 25 percent; 65 mW; 94 GHz; EHF; MIMIC; MM-wave IC; MMIC doubler; doping profile; doubler response; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; optimized diode parameters; optimum efficiency; output power; Capacitance; Contact resistance; Cutoff frequency; MMICs; Microwave devices; Nonlinear equations; Performance analysis; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1993. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1993

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1322-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1993.247470

Filename

247470