An efficient microstrip upconverter for Ka-band
Abstract
A hybrid integrated upconverter from 1.8 GHz to 30 GHz is described. The converter, consisting of a microstrip circuit on a quartz substrate and a high-cutoff varactor diode, delivers 50 mW output with 6 dB conversion loss.
- Publication:
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Microwaves in Service to Man
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975msmi.symp..137H
- Keywords:
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- Extremely High Frequencies;
- Microstrip Devices;
- Parametric Frequency Converters;
- Power Efficiency;
- Strip Transmission Lines;
- Varactor Diodes;
- Frequency Control;
- Frequency Response;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Quartz;
- Substrates;
- Tuning;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering