Novel MIC bipolar frequency doublers having high gain, wide bandwidth and good spectral performance

Author

Borg, M. ; Branner, G.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

39

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1936

Lastpage

1946

Abstract

Techniques for the design of high efficiency bipolar microwave frequency multipliers having wideband performance, high conversion gain and good spectral properties are presented. Experimental conversion gains of up to 7 dB have been attained for narrow bandwidths (≈8%) and approximately 0 dB for wideband designs (40%) at C band. Corresponding fundamental and 3rd harmonic rejections are greater than 40 dBc. Extensive modeling and computer-oriented design have been employed utilizing harmonic balance

Keywords

frequency multipliers; microwave integrated circuits; nonlinear network synthesis; C band; MIC; bipolar frequency doublers; computer-oriented design; harmonic balance; harmonic rejections; high conversion gain; high efficiency; microwave frequency multipliers; modeling; spectral performance; wideband performance; Bandwidth; FETs; MMICs; Microwave frequencies; Microwave integrated circuits; Performance gain; Power system harmonics; Radio frequency; Transmitters; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.106531

Filename

106531