• DocumentCode
    2327913
  • Title

    Improved balanced crossed dipole quasi-optical frequency doubler

  • Author

    Helbing, S. ; Alimenti, F. ; Cryan, M. ; Mezzanotte, P. ; Roselli, L. ; Sorrentino, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Perugia Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1941
  • Abstract
    An improvement of a quasi-optical frequency doubler based on crossed dipoles is proposed. The directivity of the dipole antenna is increased by adding parasitic elements similar to the Yagi-Uda approach. Layout and promising measured results of a structure with one reflector are presented and further steps for possible improvements suggested.
  • Keywords
    Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Frequency multipliers; Microwave frequency convertors; 3.5 GHz; 7 GHz; balanced crossed dipole frequency doubler; dipole antenna directivity; parasitic elements; quasi-optical frequency doubler; reflector; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Bridges; Diodes; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862363
  • Filename
    862363