A 15/60 GHz one-stage MMIC frequency quadrupler

Author

Shirakawa, K. ; Kawasaki, Y. ; Ohashi, Y. ; Okubo, N.

Author_Institution

Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

17-19 June 1996

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

We have developed a 15/60 GHz one-stage MMIC frequency quadrupler using a 0.25-/spl mu/m AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT. The HEMT was characterized by our empirical large-signal model, in which charge conservation and dispersion are taken into consideration. We included this model in a commercially-available harmonic balance circuit simulator, and designed the one-stage quadrupler. The fabricated MMIC quadrupler has a conversion gain of -5 dBm with -5 dBm of output power for a 0 dBm input signal.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; MMIC frequency convertors; aluminium compounds; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; field effect MIMIC; gallium arsenide; harmonics; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; millimetre wave frequency convertors; millimetre wave oscillators; 0.25 micron; 60 GHz; AlGaAs-GaAs; HEMT; MMIC frequency quadrupler; charge conservation; conversion gain; dispersion; harmonic balance circuit simulator; large-signal model; output power; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Fitting; Frequency; HEMTs; MMICs; Microwave measurements; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1996. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1996

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3360-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1996.506298

Filename

506298