In-depth modeling, analysis and design of balanced active microwave frequency doublers

Author

Keese, W.O. ; Branner, G.R.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1993

fDate

16-18 Aug 1993

Firstpage

562

Abstract

In-depth modeling, analysis and design of a new balanced active microwave frequency doubler is presented. The effects of terminations, phase and gain imbalance on recombination are determined through extensive computer modeling. An actual physical model of the relatively low-cost MMIC BJT nonlinear element is employed to simulate the antiseries balanced doubler. The balanced frequency doubler realized, utilizing the approach presented, exhibits harmonic conversion gain and good fundamental rejection over a significant frequency band

Keywords

MMIC frequency convertors; bipolar MMIC; circuit analysis computing; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; C-band operation; MMIC BJT nonlinear element; antiseries balanced doubler; balanced active microwave frequency doublers; computer modeling; fundamental rejection; gain imbalance; harmonic conversion gain; modelling; phase imbalance; physical model; recombination; terminations; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Impedance; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Microwave frequencies; Power harmonic filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1993., Proceedings of the 36th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Detroit, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1760-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1993.342984

Filename

342984