Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 46, Issue 6, 0614035(2019)
Design and Test of Monolithically Integrated 430 GHz Frequency Tripler
A 430 GHz tripler circuit in the terahertz range, which consists of all parts of a tripler, has been designed and fabricated on a 12 μm thick GaAs film substrate. A pair of two matched anti-parallel Schottky diodes without application of direct current bias is used to realize series balanced tripler structure. One distinct advantage of the balanced configuration is that it generates only odd harmonics, which simplifies the tripler analysis and optimization. Harmonic nonlinear simulations and three-dimensional electromagnetic simulations are combined to simulate radio-frequency performance of the entire tripler circuit accurately. The monolithically integrated 430 GHz tripler circuit is mounted in a split waveguide block for test. It has produced a peak output power of 215.7 μW with 4.3% efficiency at 430 GHz.
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Dabao Yang, Dong Xing, Shixiong Liang, Lisen Zhang, Peng Xu, Zhihong Feng. Design and Test of Monolithically Integrated 430 GHz Frequency Tripler[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(6): 0614035
Category: terahertz technology
Received: Jan. 24, 2019
Accepted: May. 6, 2019
Published Online: Jun. 14, 2019
The Author Email: Shixiong Liang (wialliam@163.com)