New techniques for reflector network design in single-ended HEMT RF/microwave frequency multipliers

Author

Thomas, Donald G., Jr. ; Branner, G.R.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Aug 1996

Firstpage

1359

Abstract

Microwave and RF frequency multipliers have a wide range of uses in the electronic arena. It has been demonstrated that incorporating reflector networks into the design process can improve the performance of multipliers. This paper presents the development of alternative designs for reflector networks used in the designing of HEMT frequency multipliers. Conversion gains of 6.5 dB for narrowband designs (10% bandwidth) and 1 dB for wideband designs (35% bandwidth) have been attained. The fundamental and third harmonic rejection is approximately 30 dBc for the narrowband designs and 50 dBc for the wideband designs

Keywords

HEMT circuits; UHF frequency convertors; frequency multipliers; microwave frequency convertors; nonlinear network synthesis; 1 dB; 6.5 dB; HEMT frequency multipliers; RF frequency multipliers; harmonic rejection; microwave frequency multipliers; narrowband designs; reflector network design; single-ended multipliers; wideband designs; HEMTs; Harmonics suppression; Intelligent networks; Microwave theory and techniques; Narrowband; Power harmonic filters; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; Reflection; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE 39th Midwest symposium on

Conference_Location

Ames, IA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3636-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1996.593186

Filename

593186