Abstract
A highly integrated frequency quadrupler MMIC that uses three-dimensional MMIC (3D-MMIC) technology is presented. It consists of four driver amplifiers, two doublers, and a 2-band elimination filter. These seven circuits are integrated in only a 2.36 mm2 area. The filter sufficiently suppresses spurious output components. The third and fifth harmonic components, which are the spurious components nearest to the desired component, are well suppressed. The desired/undesired ratio is about 40 dB. The driver amplifiers make the quadrupler output a constant power of the desired multiplied signal under low input power. The MMIC supplies +5 dBm of the fourth harmonic component in the input power range from -10 dBm to +5 dBm. The power dissipation of the MMIC is only 160 mW.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1744-1750 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEICE Transactions on Electronics |
Volume | E91-C |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 2-band elimination filter
- 3D-MMIC
- Doubler
- Low spurious
- Quadrupler
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering