A planar varactor diode for harmonic generation at gigahertz frequencies

Author

Dossal, Hasan ; Bradley, Richard ; Mattauch, Robert J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-10 Apr 1991

Firstpage

968

Abstract

The authors present the development of a planar varactor diode to eliminate whisker contact and thereby create a local oscillator power source for high-frequency, space-based heterodyne receivers. Specifically, the design and fabrication of a planar GaAs varactor diode for use as a 75-GHz-to-225-GHz tripler are described. It is concluded that the excellent electrical characteristics and ruggedness of the planar varactor diodes described here make them ideally suited for use in space-based systems

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; harmonic generation; radio receivers; solid-state microwave devices; varactors; 225 GHz; 75 GHz; GaAs; MM-wavelength region; design; electrical characteristics; fabrication; gigahertz frequencies; harmonic generation; heterodyne receivers; local oscillator power source; planar varactor diode; space-based systems; tripler; Breakdown voltage; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Local oscillators; Millimeter wave technology; Neodymium; Parasitic capacitance; Schottky diodes; Semiconductor diodes; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Williamsburg, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0033-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1991.147904

Filename

147904