A 0.33THz Schottky diode frequency doubler with 8% efficiency and 5.4mW output power

Author

Changfei Yao ; Ming Zhou ; Yunsheng Luo

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. on Monolithic Integrated Circuits & Modules Lab., Nanjing Electron. Devices Inst., Nanjing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

26-29 July 2014

Firstpage

1399

Lastpage

1401

Abstract

A 0.33THz frequency doubler is realized with planar Schottky diodes, and the diode is mounted on 50 μm thick quartz substrate. The complete multiplying circuit is optimized and established in 3-D electromagnetic simulation suite. The doubler is self-bias and fixed-tuned. The highest tested multiplying efficiency is 8% and its corresponding output power is 5.4mW with input power of 68mW at 328GHz. The typical measured efficiency is 6% in frequency band 320-358GHz. To the authors´ knowledge, these results are comparable to reported frequency doubler performance around 330GHz with integrated diode technology.

Keywords

Schottky diodes; frequency multipliers; submillimetre wave diodes; 3D electromagnetic simulation; Schottky diode frequency doubler; frequency 0.33 THz; frequency 328 GHz; power 5.4 mW; power 68 mW; quartz substrate; Electromagnetic waveguides; Gold; Integrated circuit modeling; Microwave circuits; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Substrates; Efficiency; Frequency doubler; Planar Schottky diode; Quartz substrate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2014 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4355-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCAP.2014.6992787

Filename

6992787