Title :
Tripler performance measurement of a quantum barrier varactor using a harmonic load-pull technique for coplanar waveguide applications
Author :
Yasuda, Hiroaki ; Kiyokawa, Masahiro ; Matsui, Toshiaki
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated a quantum barrier varactor with a GaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs structure connected to a coplanar waveguide and measured its frequency tripler performance by using a harmonic load-pull technique
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; coplanar waveguides; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; millimetre wave diodes; millimetre wave frequency convertors; millimetre wave measurement; semiconductor device measurement; varactors; CPW; EHF; GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs structure; coplanar waveguide; frequency tripler performance; harmonic load-pull technique; quantum barrier varactor; tripler performance measurement; Circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Fabrication; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Gallium arsenide; Impedance matching; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Substrates; Varactors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2001. APMC 2001. 2001 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7138-0
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2001.985355
