Title :
Schottky diode arrays for submillimeter-wave sideband generation
Author :
Hawasli, Sami ; Alijabarri, Naser ; Weikle, Robert M., II
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
A 100-element varactor sideband generator array for operation at 1.6 THz has been designed and fabricated. The array consists of varactor Schottky diodes fabricated on GaAs and integrated into an array of bowtie antennas. An integrated transmission line stub is included to tune the diode parasitic capacitance. Harmonic balance simulations predict the array to have a sideband conversion loss of 8.3 dB.
Keywords :
Schottky diodes; bow-tie antennas; gallium arsenide; submillimetre wave diodes; transmission lines; varactors; 100-element varactor sideband generator array; GaAs; Schottky diode arrays; bowtie antenna array; frequency 1.6 THz; integrated transmission line stub; loss 8.3 dB; submillimeter-wave sideband generation; Amplitude modulation; Antenna arrays; Computer architecture; Generators; Integrated circuit modeling; Schottky diodes; Varactors;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380387
