Limitations in THz power generation with Schottky diode varactor frequency multipliers

THz 2002 - 2002 IEEE 10th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 109-112

  Krozer, V ^b   Loata, G ^a   Grajal De La Fuente, J ^c   Sanz, P ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

converters; Frequency conversion; Schottky diodes; submillimeter wave circuits; submillimeter wave devices

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TORQUE CONVERTERS; VARACTORS;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; HETEROSTRUCTURE BARRIER VARACTORS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SCHOTTKY-DIODE VARACTORS; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE DEVICES; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

DIODES;

EID: 54949113132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THZ.2002.1037603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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