A GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode for left-handed nonlinear transmission line applications |
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Authors: | Dong Jun-Rong Yang Hao Tian Chao Huang Jie Zhang Hai-Ying |
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Affiliation: | a. Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China;b. Shenyang Zhongke Microelectronics Limited Company, Shenyang 110179, China |
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Abstract: | The left-handed nonlinear transmission line (LH-NLTL) based on monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology possesses significant advantages such as wide frequency band, high operating frequency, high conversion efficiency, and applications in millimeter and submillimeter wave frequency multiplier. The planar Schottky varactor diode (PSVD) is a major limitation to the performance of the LH-NLTL frequency multiplier as a nonlinear component. The design and the fabrication of the diode for such an application are presented. An accurate large-signal model of the diode is proposed. A 16 GHz-39.6 GHz LH-NLTL frequency doubler using our large-signal model is reported for the first time. The measured maximum output powers of the 2nd harmonic are up to 8 dBm at 26.4 GHz, and above 0 dBm from 16 GHz to 39.6 GHz when the input power is 20 dBm. The application of the LH-NLTL frequency doubler furthermore validates the accuracy of the large-signal model of the PSVD. |
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Keywords: | GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode left-handed nonlinear transmission lines frequency doubler |
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