Design and Fabrication of Frequency Multiplier Based on Composite Right/Left-Handed Nonlinear Transmission Lines

Author

Huang, Jie ; Dong, Junrong ; Yang, Hao ; Zhang, Haiying ; Tian, Chao ; Guo, Tianyi

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microelectron., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

Volume

59

Issue

10

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2486

Lastpage

2493

Abstract

A GaAs monolithic K -band left-handed frequency multiplier based on a composite right/left-handed coplanar-waveguide transmission line (TL), periodically distributed series planar Schottky varactor diode, and shunt rectangle spiral inductor has been successfully designed and fabricated. The anomalous dispersion of the left-handed TL and strong nonlinearity of the Schottky varactor are combined to effectively generate harmonics when a large signal is applied. The maximum output power of the second harmonic is 6.7 dBm (including 3.85-dBm loss from the measurement system), which was achieved when a 20-dBm fundamental frequency of 13.8 GHz is fed. High conversion efficiency for the second harmonic over a broad frequency range of 16.4-35.2 GHz has been obtained experimentally.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Schottky diodes; coplanar transmission lines; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; metamaterials; microwave diodes; varactors; GaAs; composite right-left-handed nonlinear transmission lines; frequency 13.8 GHz; frequency 16.4 GHz to 35.2 GHz; frequency multiplier fabrication; monolithic K-band left-handed frequency multiplier; periodically distributed series planar Schottky varactor diode; shunt rectangle spiral inductor; Capacitance; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Inductors; Loss measurement; Schottky diodes; Composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL); GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); frequency multipliers; planar Schottky varactor diode (PSVD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2011.2161880

Filename

5978806