High-Order Subharmonic Millimeter-Wave Mixer Based on Few-Layer Graphene

Author

Vazquez Antuna, Carlos ; Hadarig, Andreea Ioana ; Ver Hoeye, Samuel ; Fernandez Garcia, Miguel ; Camblor Diaz, Rene ; Hotopan, George Roberto ; Las Heras Andres, Fernando

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. de Oviedo, Gijon, Spain

Volume

63

Issue

4

fYear

2015

fDate

Apr-15

Firstpage

1361

Lastpage

1369

Abstract

A millimeter-wave subharmonic-mixer topology based on a few-layer graphene component has been designed, manufactured, and experimentally characterized. The circuit has been conceived to perform the up/downconversion of a signal in the WR-3 band, between 220-330 GHz, using a high-order harmonic component of the input signal in the WR-28 band, between 26.5-40 GHz, as a local oscillator. The manufactured prototype has been characterized in both upconversion and downconversion, for the subharmonic orders between 5-14, obtaining a peak conversion gain value over -65 dB. The theoretically predicted capability of graphene to produce high-order intermodulation products at millimeter-wave frequencies, with a slowly decaying amplitude pattern, has been experimentally verified.

Keywords

frequency convertors; graphene devices; millimetre wave mixers; C; WR-3 band; amplitude pattern; few-layer graphene; frequency 220 GHz to 330 GHz; high-order intermodulation products; high-order subharmonic millimeter-wave mixer; local oscillator; millimeter-wave frequencies; peak conversion gain value; signal downconversion; signal upconversion; subharmonic orders; Graphene; Harmonic analysis; Microstrip; Mixers; Topology; Waveguide components; Waveguide transitions; Frequency conversion; millimeter-wave circuits; mixers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2015.2403854

Filename

7050367