• DocumentCode
    3190681
  • Title

    Design of a rugged millimeter-wave doubler using a series varactor configuration

  • Author

    Boch, E.

  • Author_Institution
    COM DEV Ltd., Cambridge, Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    25-27 May 1988
  • Firstpage
    785
  • Abstract
    A series diode microstrip doubler using a commercially available varactor diode has been developed using hard substrated technology in Q-band. The multiplier exhibited a conversion loss of less than 8 dB when driven by 200 mW. Temperature testing over the -60 to +100 degrees C range showed an output power variation of +or-1 dB. The design has exhibited the ability to withstand 30-g sine and 24-g rms vibration without failure.<>
  • Keywords
    environmental testing; frequency multipliers; hybrid integrated circuits; microwave integrated circuits; strip line components; varactors; -60 to 100 C; 200 mW; 8 dB; EHF; MM-waves; Q-band; commercially available varactor diode; conversion loss; hard substrated technology; millimeter-wave doubler; output power variation; rugged design; series diode microstrip doubler; series varactor configuration; vibration; Bonding; Circuits; Costs; Cutoff frequency; Diodes; Filters; Impedance; Microstrip; Millimeter wave technology; Varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1988., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1988.22149
  • Filename
    22149