Title :
Planar varistor mode Schottky diode frequency tripler covering 60 GHz to 110 GHz
Author :
Hrobak, Michael ; Sterns, Michael ; Schramm, Marcus ; Stein, Wadim ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microwaves & Photonics (LHFT), Friedrich-Alexander Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
Frequency extender modules of vector network analyzers (VNA) and signal generators, as well as front end modules of semiconductor automatic testsystems (ATS) make use of broadband resistive diode frequency multipliers. We present the design and construction of a planar varistor tripler utilizing commercial gallium arsenide (GaAs) Schottky diodes on thin-film processed alumina (Al2O3) substrate. Synthesis is based on a co-simulation procedure between 3D electromagnetic field (EM) and nonlinear circuit simulations. Measurement data over the focused output frequency range from 60 GHz to 110 GHz is presented.
Keywords :
Schottky diodes; electromagnetic fields; frequency multipliers; network analysers; signal generators; varistors; 3D electromagnetic field; ATS; Al2O3; Schottky diode frequency tripler; Schottky diodes; VNA; broadband resistive diode; frequency 60 GHz to 110 GHz; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; nonlinear circuit simulations; planar varistor mode; planar varistor tripler; semiconductor automatic testsystems; signal generators; thin-film processed alumina substrate; vector network analyzers; Connectors; Gallium arsenide; Harmonic analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Microwave circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Schottky diodes; 1 mm coaxial connector; Schottky diode frequency multiplier; planar W-band multiplier; varistor tripler;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6177-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697410
