Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 40, Issue 1, 13(2021)

High power single and power-combined 100~115 GHz Schottky balanced doublers

Yao-Ling TIAN1,2, Kun HUANG1,2, Ji-Na CEN1,2, Chuan-Yun TANG1, Chang-Xing Lin1,2、*, and Jian ZHANG3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Microsystem and Terahertz Research Center,China Academy of Engineering Physics,Chengdu 610200,China
  • 2Institute of Electronic Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics,Mianyang 621900,China
  • 3School of Electronic Science and Engineering,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Chengdu 611731,China
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    Diagram of the doubler circuit architecture.
    (a) Field distribution of incident frequency, and (b) field distribution of output second harmonic in the proposed doubler
    (a) Photograph of the fabricated D-band doubler, and (b) picture of the mounted 127 μm-thick ALN doubler circuit
    (a) Photograph of the D-band power-combined doubler A, (b) Photograph of the D-band power-combined doubler B
    Test configuration of the proposed D band doubler
    (a) Test results of the pumping power of D band doubler. (b) Measured results of the output power of the single D band doubler
    Measurement of the power-combined doubler: (a) available pumping power of the V-band amplifier, (b) output power and efficiency of combined doubler A with a bias voltage of +12V, (c) output power and efficiency of combined doubler B
    • Table 1. Doubler performance comparison in adjacent band

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      Table 1. Doubler performance comparison in adjacent band

      RefAnodesPin(mW)Peak power(mV)EfficiencyBand(FBW%)Comment
      44×2500130 mW@180 GHz20~37%170~188 GHz(10%)H-plane combined
      66300~600108 mW@110 GHz10~22%102~114 GHz(11%)Single
      94×2250~40040 mW@178 GHz10~12%172~196 GHz(13.3%)E-plane combined
      106×2800~900195 mW@116 GHz10~30%100~120 GHz(17%)E-plane combined
      116×2300~60059 mW@168 GHz-164~172 GHz(>5%)E-plane combined
      This Work6250~40096.5 mW@104.6 GHz20~33.2%100~115 GHz(13.6%)Single
      6×2560~900211.4 mW@102.3 GHz18~29.6%100~115 GHz(13.6%)E-plane combined
      6×2560~900212 mW@108.6 GHz15~28.36%100~114 GHz(12.7%)E-plane combined
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    Yao-Ling TIAN, Kun HUANG, Ji-Na CEN, Chuan-Yun TANG, Chang-Xing Lin, Jian ZHANG. High power single and power-combined 100~115 GHz Schottky balanced doublers[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(1): 13

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Feb. 27, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 30, 2021

    The Author Email: Chang-Xing Lin (linchangxing@mtrc.ac.cn), Jian ZHANG (jianzhang@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.01.003

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