Title :
A novel balanced frequency tripler for millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave application
Author :
Guo, Jian ; Xu, Zhengbin ; Qian, Cheng ; Bi, Bo ; Zhang, Yongjie
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Millimeter Waves, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
A novel balanced frequency tripler for millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave application is proposed. This balanced tripler adopts double-sided suspended striplines with two unbalanced tripler on each side of the substrate. The phase and amplitude balance are fulfilled between the top-side and bottom-side unbalanced triplers. This balanced tripler scheme features higher conversion efficiency for strictly balanced configuration, high power capacity introduced by the multiple anodes and good heat dissipation paths, and ease of diode bias free from on-chip capacitor. A W-band frequency tripler is designed with commercial diodes, and the preliminary simulated output power is 14 dBm with 25% peak efficiency at 92 GHz.
Keywords :
anodes; capacitors; cooling; diodes; frequency multipliers; millimetre wave circuits; strip line circuits; submillimetre wave circuits; W-band frequency tripler design; amplitude balancing; balanced frequency tripler; bottom-side unbalanced tripler; conversion efficiency; diode; double-sided suspended stripline; efficiency 25 percent; frequency 92 GHz; heat dissipation; millimeter-wave application; multiple anode; on-chip capacitor; output power simulation; phase balancing; submillimeter-wave application; top-side unbalanced tripler; Capacitors; Harmonic analysis; Millimeter wave technology; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Stripline; Substrates; DC bias; balanced; double-sided suspended stripline; frequency conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Workshop Series on Millimeter Wave Wireless Technology and Applications (IMWS), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0903-5
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS2.2012.6338223
