A W-Band Traveling-Wave Frequency Doubler With Output Power of 9 dBm and Power Efficiency of 11.2%

Author

Yu Ye ; Jian Zhang ; Xiao-Wei Sun

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Terahertz Solid-State Technol., Shanghai Inst. of Micro-Syst. & Inf. Technol., Shanghai, China

Volume

24

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

704

Lastpage

706

Abstract

An 85 to 110 GHz high efficiency, high output power frequency doubler is presented in this letter. The traveling-wave topology is used to generate even harmonics and suppress odd harmonics effectively. The output fundamental and 4th harmonic reflectors are applied to enhance the efficiency, conversion gain and fundamental rejection. The measured results show a peak conversion gain of 3.2 dB and peak efficiency of 11.2% with a saturated output power of 9 dBm at 100 GHz. The doubler exhibits higher than 30 dB fundamental rejection from 85 to 110 GHz with a compact chip size of 1.5 × 0.9 mm ².

Keywords

frequency multipliers; harmonics suppression; 4th harmonic reflectors; W-band traveling-wave frequency doubler; conversion gain; efficiency 11.2 percent; even harmonics; frequency 85 GHz to 110 GHz; fundamental rejection; gain 3.2 dB; odd harmonics suppression; traveling-wave topology; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Transmission line measurements; Wireless communication; Frequency doubler; high efficiency; high output power; reflectors; traveling-wave;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2014.2340792

Filename

6862936