{"title":"Varactor Frequency Halvers with Enhanced Bandwidth and Dynamic Range","authors":"R. Harrison, W. Cornish","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.1986.1132176","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A one-and-one-third-octave frequency halver has been developed to accommodate the 7-18 GHz input band, the widest bandwidth yet reported. Dynamic range capabilities of varactor halvers can be increased from 7 dB to about 20 dB by means of a novel \"sliding bias\" circuit.","PeriodicalId":109161,"journal":{"name":"1986 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1986-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"1986 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.1986.1132176","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Abstract
A one-and-one-third-octave frequency halver has been developed to accommodate the 7-18 GHz input band, the widest bandwidth yet reported. Dynamic range capabilities of varactor halvers can be increased from 7 dB to about 20 dB by means of a novel "sliding bias" circuit.