• DocumentCode
    1024540
  • Title

    GaAs monolithic analogue frequency halver

  • Author

    Stapleton, Shawn P. ; Stubbs, M.G. ; Wight, Jim S.

  • Author_Institution
    Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    773
  • Lastpage
    774
  • Abstract
    A new 12 GHz GaAs monolithic analogue frequency halver is presented. The circuit uses two FETs to parametrically produce the subharmonic output frequency. A bandwidth of 650 MHz was obtained for an input power level of 14 dBm. The typical conversion loss was 9 dB.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; field effect integrated circuits; frequency dividers; gallium arsenide; microwave integrated circuits; monolithic integrated circuits; GaAs monolithic analogue frequency halver; MMIC; SHF; bandwidth; conversion loss; input power level; semiconductors; subharmonic output frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860530
  • Filename
    4256734