Planar D-band frequency doubler and Y-band tripler on PTFE laminates

Author

Hrobak, Michael ; Sterns, Michael ; Schramm, Marcus ; Stein, Wadim ; Poprawa, F. ; Ziroff, Andreas ; Schur, Jan ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microwaves & Photonics, Friedrich-Alexander Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

1-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

To extend the frequency range of existing short-range radar modules for industrial applications, millimeter-wave frequency multipliers based on cost-effective PCB technology are required. This paper describes a zero-bias D-band frequency doubler and Y-band frequency tripler based on pure PTFE material and the commercially available DBES105a diode from United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS). At an input drive level range of 16 dBm to 18 dBm the multipliers deliver output power levels P_OUT ∈ [5, -5] dBm from 100 GHz to 160 GHz and P_OUT ∈ [-11, -20] dBm from 180 GHz to 230 GHz.

Keywords

frequency multipliers; laminates; millimetre wave frequency convertors; millimetre wave radar; printed circuits; semiconductor diodes; DBES105a diode; PCB technology; PTFE laminates; PTFE material; Y-band frequency tripler; industrial applications; millimeter-wave frequency multipliers; planar D-band frequency doubler; short-range radar modules; united monolithic semiconductors; zero-bias frequency doubler; MMICs; Mixers; Radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mainz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665856

Filename

6665856