• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 40, Issue 1, 13 (2021)
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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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.01.003 Cite this Article
    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 Copy Citation Text show less
    Diagram of the doubler circuit architecture.
    Fig. 1. Diagram of the doubler circuit architecture.
    (a) Field distribution of incident frequency, and (b) field distribution of output second harmonic in the proposed doubler
    Fig. 2. (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
    Fig. 3. (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
    Fig. 4. (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
    Fig. 5. 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
    Fig. 6. (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
    Fig. 7. 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
    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
    Table 1. Doubler performance comparison in adjacent band
    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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