A MMIC-based 75-110 GHz signal source

Author

Morgan, M. ; Weinreb, S. ; Wadefalk, N. ; Samoska, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

2-7 June 2002

Firstpage

1859

Abstract

This paper describes the design, construction, and testing of a compact W-Band signal source module. The MMIC-based module is an active /spl times/6 frequency multiplier, requiring a 12.5 to 18.5 GHz, 2 mW input signal, which can be provided by any microwave synthesizer or other readily available oscillators. The design Includes directional couplers with integrated millimeter-wave detectors on the output for power and reflection monitoring. Output power Is voltage-controllable over a 10 dB dynamic range. Test results show 10 dB conversion gain at the maximum output power of about 20 mW across the band.

Keywords

MIMIC; MMIC frequency convertors; frequency multipliers; frequency synthesizers; millimetre wave directional couplers; signal sources; 10 dB; 12.5 to 18.5 GHz; 2 mW; 20 mW; 75 to 110 GHz; MMIC-based signal source; W-band; conversion gain; directional couplers; frequency multiplier; microwave synthesizer; millimeter-wave detectors; power monitoring; reflection monitoring; voltage-controllable output power; Detectors; Directional couplers; Frequency synthesizers; Microwave oscillators; Modular construction; Power generation; Reflection; Signal design; Testing; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7239-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1012225

Filename

1012225