{"title":"Design of a wideband 900 GHz balanced frequency tripler for radioastronomy","authors":"C. Tripon-Canseliet, A. Maestrini, I. Mehdi","doi":"10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422225","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We report on the design of a fix-tuned split-block waveguide balanced frequency tripler working nominally at 900 GHz. It uses a GaAs Schottky planar diode pair in a balanced configuration. The circuit is fabricated with JPL membrane technology in order to minimize dielectric loading. The multiplier is bias-less to dramatically ease the mounting and the operating procedure. At room temperature, the expected output power is 50-130 /spl mu/W in the band 800-970 GHz when the tripler is pumped with 4 mW. By modifying the waveguide input and output matching circuit, the multiplier can be tuned to operate at lower frequencies.","PeriodicalId":13627,"journal":{"name":"Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004.","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422225","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report on the design of a fix-tuned split-block waveguide balanced frequency tripler working nominally at 900 GHz. It uses a GaAs Schottky planar diode pair in a balanced configuration. The circuit is fabricated with JPL membrane technology in order to minimize dielectric loading. The multiplier is bias-less to dramatically ease the mounting and the operating procedure. At room temperature, the expected output power is 50-130 /spl mu/W in the band 800-970 GHz when the tripler is pumped with 4 mW. By modifying the waveguide input and output matching circuit, the multiplier can be tuned to operate at lower frequencies.