A 0.78-0.91-THz Wideband Frequency Tripler With Harmonic-Matched Bias Network

Kyeongho Yeom, Hyunjoon Kim, Iljin Lee, Sanggeun Jeon

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    Abstract

    A 0.78-0.91-THz wideband frequency tripler is demonstrated using a 250-nm InP DHBT technology. Considering potential inaccuracy of the transistor model at the submillimeter-wave frequencies, a simple one-stage common-emitter topology is adopted for the wideband and stable operation. To enhance the output power and suppress the unwanted harmonics, a harmonic-matched bias network is used for dc feed at the output. The frequency tripler was measured with an on-chip probing method. Although an overmode waveguide probe was used, which imposes an additional measurement loss, a peak output power was measured as -28 dBm at 0.813 THz. The bandwidth for a -35-dBm output power ranges from 0.78 to 0.91 THz. The conversion loss is from 35.9 to 45 dB over the bandwidth. The chip area is 273× 460μm2 and the dc power consumption is 22 mW.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)32820-32825
    Number of pages6
    JournalIEEE Access
    Volume11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2023

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), South Korea, under the Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) Support Program supervised by the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP), under Grant IITP-2021-0-01749.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2013 IEEE.

    Keywords

    • Frequency tripler
    • InP DHBT
    • WR-10 band
    • wideband submillimeter-wave source

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Computer Science
    • General Materials Science
    • General Engineering
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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