A 330–500 GHz Zero-Biased Broadband Tripler Based on Terahertz Monolithic Integrated Circuits. (1st February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ren, Tian-Hao; Zhang, Yong; Yan, Bo; Xu, Rui-Min; Yang, Cheng-Yue; Zhou, Jing-Tao; Jin, Zhi
• Is Part Of: Chinese physics letters. Volume 32:Number 2(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 020702
• Publication Date: 2015-02-01
• Subjects: Physics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/32/2/020702
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0256-307X

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>A 330–500 GHz zero-biased broadband monolithic integrated tripler is reported. The measured results show that the maximum efficiency and the maximum output power are 2% and 194 μW at 348 GHz. The saturation characteristic test shows that the output 1 dB compression point is about −8.5 dBm at 334 GHz and the maximum efficiency is obtained at the point, which is slightly below the 1 dB compression point. Compared with the conventional hybrid integrated circuit, a major advantage of the monolithic integrated circuit is the significant improvement of reliability and consistency. In this work, a terahertz monolithic frequency multiplier at this band is designed and fabricated.</p> </abstract>