A k-band broadband monolithic distributed frequency multiplier based on nonlinear transmission line

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/6/060702

Abstract A fabrication technology of GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode (PSVD) is successfully developed and used to design and manufacture GaAs-based monolithic frequency multiplication based on 23-section nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) consisting of a coplanar waveguide transmission line and periodically distributed PSVDs. The throughout design and optimization procedure of 23-section monolithic NLTLs for frequency multiplication in the k-band range is based on a large signal equivalent model of PSVD extracted from small-signal S-parameter measurements. This paper reports that the distributed SPVD exhibits a capacitance ratio of 5.4, a normalized capacitance of 0.86 fF/μ² and a breakdown voltage in excess of 22 V. The integrated 23-section NLTLs fed by 20-dBm input power demonstrates a 26-GHz peak second harmonic output power of 14-dBm with 25.3% conversion efficiency in the second harmonic output frequency range of 6 GHz-26 GHz.

Keywords: nonlinear transmission line frequency multiplication harmonic generation planar Schottky varactor diode

Received: 17 November 2010
Revised: 21 February 2011
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PACS:	07.57.Hm	(Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave sources)
	84.40.Dc	(Microwave circuits)
	85.30.De	(Semiconductor-device characterization, design, and modeling)
	85.30.Hi	(Surface barrier, boundary, and point contact devices)

Fund: Project supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60806024), the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities, China (Grant No. XDJK2009C020), and the Singapore{China Joint Research Project (Grant No. 2009DFA12130).

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Huang Jie(黄杰), Dong Jun-Rong(董军荣), Yang Hao(杨浩), Zhang Hai-Ying(张海英), Tian Chao(田超), and Guo Tian-Yi(郭天义) A k-band broadband monolithic distributed frequency multiplier based on nonlinear transmission line 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 060702

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