• DocumentCode
    2707930
  • Title

    Demonstration of the self-mixing effect with a planar gunn diode at millimeter-wave frequency

  • Author

    Lok, L.B. ; Li, Chong ; Khalid, A. ; Pilgrim, N.J. ; Dunn, G.M. ; Cumming, D.R.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we demonstrate the operation of a truly planar Gunn diode working as a self-oscillating mixer at millimeter-wave frequency. The Gunn diode was fabricated in a GaAs/Al0.23Ga0.77As layer structure. An initial proof-of-concept prototype yielded a measured conversion loss of around 20±2.5 dB between 30 GHz and 40 GHz.
  • Keywords
    Gunn diodes; gallium arsenide; losses; millimetre wave diodes; millimetre wave mixers; oscillations; GaAs-Al0.23Ga0.77As; conversion loss; frequency 30 GHz to 40 GHz; millimeter-wave frequency; planar Gunn diode; self-mixing effect; self-oscillating mixer; Loss measurement; Mixers; Oscillators; Probes; Radio frequency; Signal generators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612316
  • Filename
    5612316
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2707930