Title :
Rigorous analysis and design of a high-performance 94 GHz MMIC doubler
Author :
Chen, Seng-Woon ; Ho, Thomas C. ; Pande, Krishna ; Rice, Paul D.
Author_Institution :
Microwave Electron. Div., COMSAT Lab., Clarksburg, MD, USA
fDate :
12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 94-GHz monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) frequency doubler with 25% efficiency and 65-mW output power is discussed. Variations in the Schottky-barrier varactor diode´s performance as a doubler with its geometry and doping profile are analyzed for optimum efficiency and output power. Optimum doubler performance is obtained by use of the optimized diode parameters resulting from this analysis. Measured diode parameters as well as doubler responses show excellent agreement with the analysis
Keywords :
MMIC; Schottky-barrier diodes; doping profiles; frequency multipliers; varactors; 25 percent; 65 mW; 94 GHz; MMIC frequency doubler; Schottky-barrier varactor diode; doping profile dependence; geometry dependence; optimized diode parameters; optimum efficiency; output power; Computational geometry; Doping profiles; Frequency; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Performance analysis; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Varactors;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
