High-Efficiency Ka-Band Active Frequency Doubler MMIC in 150 nm GaN/SiC HEMT Technology

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作者
Vissers, Rob [1 ]
Zirath, Herbert [1 ]
Lasser, Gregor [1 ]
机构
[1] Chalmers Univ Technol, Dept Microtechnol & Nanosci, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
来源
2023 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED NONLINEAR MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETRE-WAVE CIRCUITS, INMMIC | 2023年
关键词
Balanced Frequency Doubler; GaN HEMT Technology; High-Efficiency; Ka-Band; Marchand Balun; Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC);
D O I
10.1109/INMMIC57329.2023.10321791
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this work, the design of an active single-balanced push-push frequency doubler Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) in 150 nm depletion mode GaN/SiC HEMT technology is discussed. The design yields a conversion gain of 7.6 dB with a half-power (3-dB) bandwidth spanning from 28.4 GHz up to 31.4 GHz for an input power of 15 dBm. On top of that, the maximum Power-Added Efficiency (PAE) is 10.2% and the harmonic rejection is larger than 27.4 dB at 30 GHz.
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