A low cost fixed tuned F-band HBV frequency tripler

Author

Olsen, A.O. ; Ingvarson, M. ; Stake, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

899

Abstract

We present a novel fixed tuned heterostructure barrier varactor diode (HBV) tripler. This new multiplier consists of a microstrip section, which provides the critical impedance matching, and the diode, connected to microstrip to waveguide transitions at each end. The circuit is inserted in the E-plane of a waveguide mount, and both the input (Q-band) and the output (F-band) waveguide to microstrip transitions are realized using antipodal finlines. A peak efficiency of 4.2% with a 3% 3-dB bandwidth at 3/spl times/42.6 GHz for an input power of 13 dBm has been measured.

Keywords

frequency multipliers; impedance matching; microstrip transitions; millimetre wave frequency convertors; varactors; 4.2 percent; 42.6 GHz; F-band; antipodal finline; fixed tuned heterostructure barrier varactor diode frequency tripler; impedance matching; microstrip-to-waveguide transition; waveguide mount E-plane; Bandwidth; Circuits; Costs; Diodes; Finline; Frequency; Impedance matching; Microstrip; Varactors; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7695-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1212514

Filename

1212514