Title :
An Efficient Microstrip Upconverter for K/sub a/-band
Author_Institution :
Crawford Hill Lab., Bell Telephone Labs., Inc., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A hybrid integrated upconverter from 1.8 GHz to 30 GHz is described. The converter, consisting of a microstrip circuit on a quartz substrate and a high-cutoff varactor diode, delivers 50 mW output with 6 dB conversion loss.
Keywords :
UHF diodes; hybrid integrated circuits; microstrip circuits; microwave diodes; quartz; varactors; Ka-band; frequency 1.8 GHz to 30 GHz; high-cutoff varactor diode; hybrid integrated upconverter; microstrip circuit; microstrip upconverter; quartz substrate; Capacitance; Coupling circuits; Cutoff frequency; Diodes; Laboratories; Microstrip; Roentgenium; Universal Serial Bus; Varactors; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium, 1975 IEEE-MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Palo Alton, CA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1975.1123309
