Abstract
A 315-GHz source with integrated antenna is presented. It consists of a harmonic oscillator and a patch antenna. The harmonic oscillator is realized based on the push-push topology using a 0.8 μm-emitter transferred-substrate (TS) InP-DHBT technology with an fmax of 320 GHz. The harmonic oscillator together with antenna delivers -10 dBm of output power. DC power consumption is only 21 mW from a 1.6-volt power supply, which corresponds to 0.5% overall DC-to-RF efficiency. The chip area of the source with integrated antenna circuit is $0.9\times 0.65$ mm2.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Publication date | 2022 |
| Pages | 232-235 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-2-87487-070-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Event | 17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) - Milan, Italy Duration: 26 Sept 2022 → 27 Sept 2022 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Milan |
| Period | 26/09/2022 → 27/09/2022 |
Keywords
- InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT)
- Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)
- Oscillators
- Sub-terahertz (THz)
- Transferred-s ubstrate (TS)