Two 81-96 GHz Active Frequency Triplers MMIC

Abstract:

Two 81-96 GHz frequency triplers, one balanced and one single device, are implemented using a 0.10 μm GaAs pHEMT process. The EM simulation results show that the triplers perform a best conversion gain of -6.8 and -4.7 dB for the balanced and the single device, respectively. The conversion gain of the balanced tripler operating from 81 to 96 GHz is above -9.6 dB at 3dBm input power. The conversion gain of the single device operating from 81 to 96 GHz is above -8 dB at -0.5dBm input power. The fundamental and second harmonic suppression are as high as 30 dB over the whole operating frequency (81-96 GHz) for both circuits.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 719-720)
• Pages: 875-880
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.719-720.875
• Online since: January 2015
• Authors: Hui He, Jian Zhang, Run Xi Zhang*, Chun Qi Shi, Tang Liu
• Keywords: Frequency Tripler, GaAs, HEMT, mm-Wave

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