• DocumentCode
    3272651
  • Title

    Design of an 874 GHz biasable sub-harmonic mixer based on MMIC membrane planar schottky diodes

  • Author

    Thomas, B. ; Maestrini, A. ; Matheson, Dan ; Mehdi, Imran ; de Maagt, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    SSTD, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report upon the development of a 874 GHz bias-able sub-harmonic mixer using planar Schottky diodes. The MMIC integrates two planar Schottky diodes in a balanced configuration, stripline filtering elements and on-chip capacitor on a 5 microns thick GaAs membrane. Predicted performance gives optimal conversion losses of 10 dB and a 3 dB bandwidth from 820 to 920 GHz. This work represents the highest frequency Schottky based MMIC sub-harmonic mixer development to-date.
  • Keywords
    MMIC mixers; Schottky diode mixers; gallium compounds; MMIC membrane planar Schottky diodes; biasable subharmonic mixer; frequency 820 GHz to 920 GHz; membrane; on-chip capacitor; size 5 mum; stripline filtering; Bandwidth; Biomembranes; Capacitors; Filtering; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Performance loss; Schottky diodes; Stripline;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pasadena, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2119-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2120-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665424
  • Filename
    4665424
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3272651