Title :
FDTD simulations for quasi-optical active circuit arrays
Author :
Ren, Jishi ; Wang, Xudong ; Hwu, R. Jennifer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
The FDTD simulations for quasi-optical circuit arrays are presented in this paper. The contributions of our work include analysis of device-grid properties, characterization of a crystal filter, the development of a method and simulation of back-to-back varactor tripler and MESFET oscillator arrays. Our work and the results we have obtained show that the FDTD is a very useful method for the simulation and computer-aided design of quasi-optical circuit arrays
Keywords :
MESFET circuits; arrays; circuit simulation; finite difference time-domain analysis; frequency multipliers; millimetre wave frequency convertors; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave oscillators; varactors; FDTD simulations; MESFET oscillator arrays; active circuit arrays; crystal-grid filter characterization; device-grid properties; quasi-optical circuit arrays; varactor tripler; Active circuits; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Filters; Finite difference methods; MESFETs; Oscillators; Time domain analysis; Varactors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICMMT '98. 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4308-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.1998.768449
