基于0.15μm GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(p HEMT)工艺,设计了一款18~40 GHz的无源双平衡混频器。该混频器采用肖特基二极管构成的混频环和3耦合线Marchand巴伦的结构,提高工作带宽的同时也减小了芯片尺寸。当本振(LO)功率为14 d Bm、中...基于0.15μm GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(p HEMT)工艺,设计了一款18~40 GHz的无源双平衡混频器。该混频器采用肖特基二极管构成的混频环和3耦合线Marchand巴伦的结构,提高工作带宽的同时也减小了芯片尺寸。当本振(LO)功率为14 d Bm、中频(IF)频率为100 MHz时,常温下流片测试的各项参数典型值为上下变频模式下LO/射频(RF)频段覆盖18~40 GHz,带内变频损耗为-7 d B,1 d B压缩点功率值为10 d Bm,LO到RF端口的隔离度为-25 d B,同时其余各端口之间具有优良的隔离度。中频频率覆盖DC~20 GHz,芯片尺寸为1.63 mm×0.97 mm。展开更多
The epitaxial material, device structure, and corresponding equivalent large signal circuit model of GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode are successfully developed to design and fabricate a monolithic phase shifter, w...The epitaxial material, device structure, and corresponding equivalent large signal circuit model of GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode are successfully developed to design and fabricate a monolithic phase shifter, which is based on right-handed nonlinear transmission lines and consists of a coplanar waveguide transmission line and periodically distributed GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode. The distributed-Schottky transmission-line-type phase shifter at a bias voltage greater than 1.5 V presents a continuous 0°–360° differential phase shift over a frequency range from 0 to 33 GHz. It is demonstrated that the minimum insertion loss is about 0.5 dB and that the return loss is less than-10 dB over the frequency band of 0–33 GHz at a reverse bias voltage less than 4.5 V. These excellent characteristics, such as broad differential phase shift, low insertion loss, and return loss, indicate that the proposed phase shifter can entirely be integrated into a phased array radar circuit.展开更多
A bandwidth microwave second harmonic generator is successfully designed using composite right/left-handed non- linear transmission lines （CRLH NLTLs） in a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） techn...A bandwidth microwave second harmonic generator is successfully designed using composite right/left-handed non- linear transmission lines （CRLH NLTLs） in a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） technology. The structure parameters of CRLH NLTLs, e.g. host transmission line, rectangular spiral inductor, and nonlinear capacitor, have a great impact on the second harmonic performance enhancement in terms of second harmonic frequency, output power, and conversion efficiency. It has been experimentally demonstrated that the second harmonic frequency is deter- mined by the anomalous dispersion of CRLH NLTLs and can be significantly improved by effectively adjusting these structure parameters. A good agreement between the measured and simulated second harmonic performances of Ka-band CRLH NLTLs frequency multipliers is successfully achieved, which further validates the design approach of frequency multipliers on CRLH NLTLs and indicates the potentials of CRLH NLTLs in terms of the generation of microwave and millimeter-wave signal source.展开更多
文摘基于0.15μm GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(p HEMT)工艺,设计了一款18~40 GHz的无源双平衡混频器。该混频器采用肖特基二极管构成的混频环和3耦合线Marchand巴伦的结构,提高工作带宽的同时也减小了芯片尺寸。当本振(LO)功率为14 d Bm、中频(IF)频率为100 MHz时,常温下流片测试的各项参数典型值为上下变频模式下LO/射频(RF)频段覆盖18~40 GHz,带内变频损耗为-7 d B,1 d B压缩点功率值为10 d Bm,LO到RF端口的隔离度为-25 d B,同时其余各端口之间具有优良的隔离度。中频频率覆盖DC~20 GHz,芯片尺寸为1.63 mm×0.97 mm。
基金Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities,China(Grant No.XDJK2013B004)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Southwest University,China(Grant No.SWU111030)the State Key Laboratory for Millimeter Waves of Southeast University,China(Grant No.K201312)
文摘The epitaxial material, device structure, and corresponding equivalent large signal circuit model of GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode are successfully developed to design and fabricate a monolithic phase shifter, which is based on right-handed nonlinear transmission lines and consists of a coplanar waveguide transmission line and periodically distributed GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode. The distributed-Schottky transmission-line-type phase shifter at a bias voltage greater than 1.5 V presents a continuous 0°–360° differential phase shift over a frequency range from 0 to 33 GHz. It is demonstrated that the minimum insertion loss is about 0.5 dB and that the return loss is less than-10 dB over the frequency band of 0–33 GHz at a reverse bias voltage less than 4.5 V. These excellent characteristics, such as broad differential phase shift, low insertion loss, and return loss, indicate that the proposed phase shifter can entirely be integrated into a phased array radar circuit.
基金Project supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61401373)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Southwest University,China(Grant No.SWU111030)
文摘A bandwidth microwave second harmonic generator is successfully designed using composite right/left-handed non- linear transmission lines （CRLH NLTLs） in a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） technology. The structure parameters of CRLH NLTLs, e.g. host transmission line, rectangular spiral inductor, and nonlinear capacitor, have a great impact on the second harmonic performance enhancement in terms of second harmonic frequency, output power, and conversion efficiency. It has been experimentally demonstrated that the second harmonic frequency is deter- mined by the anomalous dispersion of CRLH NLTLs and can be significantly improved by effectively adjusting these structure parameters. A good agreement between the measured and simulated second harmonic performances of Ka-band CRLH NLTLs frequency multipliers is successfully achieved, which further validates the design approach of frequency multipliers on CRLH NLTLs and indicates the potentials of CRLH NLTLs in terms of the generation of microwave and millimeter-wave signal source.
