Title :
Development of a planar multiplier circuit for millimeter-wave frequency multipliers
Author :
Ermak, G.P. ; Kuprijanov, P.V.
Author_Institution :
Usikov Inst. for Radiophys. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
A planar multiplier circuit for millimeter-wave frequency multipliers has been designed and tested. The multiplier circuit is executed on a polyamide substrate and established in a split waveguide block having input and output waveguides. All the elements, including coplanar slotline transitions, microstrip lines, and matching slotline stabs, are photolithographically fabricated. Calculation of microstrip and slotline components of the multiplier circuit is executed with the software "Microwave Office 2000". To test the planar design of the multiplier, the 55/110 GHz doubler use planar Schottky-barrier diode was fabricated and tested. The experimental model of the doubler provides an input bandwidth of 47-58 GHz and an output bandwidth of 94-116 GHz. At an input power of 20 mW, the maximum output power is about 0.6 mW
Keywords :
Schottky diodes; coplanar waveguides; frequency multipliers; millimetre wave diodes; millimetre wave frequency convertors; network synthesis; photolithography; planar waveguides; slot lines; 0.6 mW; 110 GHz; 20 mW; 47 to 58 GHz; 55 GHz; 94 to 116 GHz; Microwave Office 2000 software; circuit design; circuit test; coplanar slotline transitions; doubler use planar Schottky-barrier diode; input bandwidth; input power; input waveguides; matching slotline stabs; maximum output power; microstrip components; microstrip line; millimeter-wave frequency multipliers; multiplier circuit; multiplier planar design; output bandwidth; output waveguides; photolithographic fabrication; planar multiplier circuit; polyamide substrate; slotline components; split waveguide block; Circuit testing; Coupling circuits; Electronic equipment testing; Finline; Frequency; Microstrip; Millimeter wave circuits; Planar waveguides; Power generation; Schottky diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Waves, 2001. The Fourth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6473-2
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2001.947279
