Active frequency multiplier-by-nine MMIC for millimeter-wave signal generation

Author

Lewark, U. ; Tessmann, A. ; Massler, H. ; Leuther, A. ; Kallfass, I.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron. (IHE), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An active frequency multiplier-by-nine MMIC with integrated buffer amplifier reaching 94 GHz from X-band is presented. The multiplier-by-nine generates an average output power of -6.5 dBm in the frequency range from 87 to 99 GHz. At 94 GHz the measured output power is -5 dBm with an input power of 9 dBm. The suppression of unwanted harmonics is better than 15 dBc. Phase-noise measurements prove the theoretical noise degeneration of 19 dB for the integrated circuit. The MMIC is realized in the Fraunhofer IAF metamorphic HEMT technology with 100 nm gate-length.

Keywords

MMIC; amplifiers; frequency multipliers; high electron mobility transistors; millimetre wave frequency convertors; phase noise; signal generators; Fraunhofer IAF metamorphic HEMT technology; X-band; active frequency multiplier-by-nine MMIC; buffer amplifier; frequency 87 GHz to 99 GHz; millimeter-wave signal generation; phase-noise measurements; size 100 nm; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; MMICs; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Power generation; MMICs; frequency multiplier; millimeter wave frequency conversion; millimeter wave signal generation; phase-noise degradation; phase-noise measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (GeMIC), 2011 German

Conference_Location

Darmstadt

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9225-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9812668-3-2

Type

conf

Filename

5760786