High Power GaN Doubler with High Duty Cycle Pulse Based on Local Non-Reflection Design

DONG Yazhou; ZHOU Tianchi; LIANG Shixiong; GU Guodong; ZHOU Hongji; YU Jianghua; GUO Hailong; ZHANG Yaxin

doi:10.23919/cje.2023.00.179

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Yazhou DONG, Tianchi ZHOU, Shixiong LIANG, et al., “High Power GaN Doubler with High Duty Cycle Pulse Based on Local Non-Reflection Design,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. x, no. x, pp. 1–8, xxxx doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.179

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Yazhou DONG, Tianchi ZHOU, Shixiong LIANG, et al., “High Power GaN Doubler with High Duty Cycle Pulse Based on Local Non-Reflection Design,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. x, no. x, pp. 1–8, xxxx doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.179

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High Power GaN Doubler with High Duty Cycle Pulse Based on Local Non-Reflection Design

doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.179

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School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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National Key Laboratory of Solid-State Microwave Devices and Circuits, Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051, China

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Yazhou DONG is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology with the School of Electronic Science and Engineering in the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. His research interests include terahertz solid-state devices and microwave monolithic integrated circuits

Tianchi ZHOU is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology with the School of Electronic Science and Engineering in the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. His research interests mainly include THz direct modulators

Shixiong LIANG Ph.D., is currently a Senior Engineer with the Hebei Semi-conductor Research Institute Shijiazhuang in China. His research interests mainly includeterahertz solid-state devices

Guodong GU is an engineer with the Hebei Semi-conductor Research Institute Shijiazhuang in China. His research interests mainly include terahertz solid-state devices and Semiconductor processing technology

Hongji ZHOU is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology with the School of Electronic Science and Engineering in the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. His research interests include terahertz solid-state devices and metamaterials and microwave passive components

Jianghua YU is a master student at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His research interest is terahertz frequency multiplier devices

Hailong GUO is an M.D. candidate of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His research interests include terahertz solid state devices and microwave integrated circuit

Yaxin ZHANG Ph.D., is a Professor in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His research interests mainly include terahertz communication system and metamaterials
Corresponding author: Email: wialliam@163.com
Received Date: 2023-05-10
Accepted Date: 2023-09-07

Available Online: 2023-11-20

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The study focuses on the development of gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky barrier diode (SBD) frequency doublers for terahertz technology. The low conversion efficiency of these doublers limits their practical applications. To address this challenge, the paper proposes a multi-objective local no-reflection design method based on a three-dimensional electromagnetic structure. The method aims to improve the coupling efficiency of input power and reduce the reflection of power output. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method significantly improves the performance of GaN SBD frequency doublers, achieving an efficiency of 16.9% and a peak output power of 160 mW at 175 GHz. These results suggest that the method can contribute to the further development of GaN SBD frequency doublers for terahertz technology.
- GaN,
- Frequency doubler,
- multi-objective optimization,
- Local non-reflection design

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