Planar varistor mode Schottky diode frequency tripler covering 60 GHz to 110 GHz

Author

Hrobak, Michael ; Sterns, Michael ; Schramm, Marcus ; Stein, Wadim ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Frequency extender modules of vector network analyzers (VNA) and signal generators, as well as front end modules of semiconductor automatic testsystems (ATS) make use of broadband resistive diode frequency multipliers. We present the design and construction of a planar varistor tripler utilizing commercial gallium arsenide (GaAs) Schottky diodes on thin-film processed alumina (Al₂O₃) substrate. Synthesis is based on a co-simulation procedure between 3D electromagnetic field (EM) and nonlinear circuit simulations. Measurement data over the focused output frequency range from 60 GHz to 110 GHz is presented.

Keywords

Schottky diodes; electromagnetic fields; frequency multipliers; network analysers; signal generators; varistors; 3D electromagnetic field; ATS; Al₂O₃; Schottky diode frequency tripler; Schottky diodes; VNA; broadband resistive diode; frequency 60 GHz to 110 GHz; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; nonlinear circuit simulations; planar varistor mode; planar varistor tripler; semiconductor automatic testsystems; signal generators; thin-film processed alumina substrate; vector network analyzers; Connectors; Gallium arsenide; Harmonic analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Microwave circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Schottky diodes; 1 mm coaxial connector; Schottky diode frequency multiplier; planar W-band multiplier; varistor tripler;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697410

Filename

6697410