ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-EFFICIENCY 750 GHZ FREQUENCY TRIPLER FOR THZ HETERODYNE SYSTEMS

被引:12
作者
RYDBERG, A [1 ]
LYONS, BN [1 ]
LIDHOLM, SU [1 ]
机构
[1] FARRAN TECHNOL LTD,BALLINCOLLIG,CORK,IRELAND
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D O I
10.1109/22.137386
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The development of a 750 GHz Schottky varactor diode frequency tripler having a measured output power and efficiency of more than 120-mu-W and 0.8% at a frequency of 803 GHz is described. The output powers and efficiencies are the highest reported for this frequency. The 750 GHz tripler mount is analyzed and optimized using a scaled model of the mount. Measurements of the embedding impedance seen by the device, using the model, are compared with theoretical values.
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