Characterisation of low-barrier Schottky diodes for millimeter wave mixer applications

Khanal, Subash; Kiuru, Tero; Hoefle, Matthias; Montero, Javier; Cojocari, Oleg; Mallat, Juha; Piironen, P.; Räisänen, Antti V.

doi:10.1109/gsmm.2016.7500308

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“…Normally such a receiver requires relatively high Local-Oscillator (LO) power. Recent developments suggest feasibility of frequency mixers based on low-barrier diodes, which require just a fraction of the LO-power as required by traditional mixers [17].…”

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Building an end user focused THz based ultra high bandwidth wireless access network: The TERAPOD approach

Davy

Pessoa²,

Renaud

et al. 2017

2017 9th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT)

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Abstract-The TERAPOD project aims to investigate and demonstrate the feasibility of ultra high bandwidth wireless access networks operating in the Terahertz (THz) band. The proposed TERAPOD THz communication system will be developed, driven by end user usage scenario requirements and will be demonstrated within a first adopter operational setting of a Data Centre. In this article, we define the full communications stack approach that will be taken in TERAPOD, highlighting the specific challenges and aimed innovations that are targeted.

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Building an end user focused THz based ultra high bandwidth wireless access network: The TERAPOD approach

Davy

Pessoa²,

Renaud

et al. 2017

2017 9th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT)

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“…In this regard, SHMs based on InGaAs Schottky diodes offer a practical alternative, as they require LO power levels comparable to SIS and HEB technologies [18]. These mixers have been demonstrated to perform with high sensitivity and acceptable noise levels for a wide range of applications [19] and temperatures [20], making them a promising option for power-limited systems. Over the past decade, ACST has been diligently improving the technology behind InGaAs Schottky diodes.…”

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Efficiency Assessment of Traditional GaAs and Low-Power InGaAs Schottky Diodes in Full-Band Mixers at 0.3 THz

Martinez Gil,

Moro-Melgar,

Negrus

et al. 2023

Electronics

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In this paper, we present and compare two different full-band WR3.4 Sub-Harmonic Mixers (SHMs), featuring traditional GaAs and the novel low-barrier InGaAs discrete diodes. In this study, an Active Multiplier Chain (AMC) is used as a Local Oscillator source, which provides peak powers beyond 20 mW. The GaAs mixer presents Single-Sideband (SSB) Conversion Loss (CL) of 10 dB and Double-Sideband (DSB) Noise Temperature (NT) of 3000 K across the entire RF and IF bands when an LO power of 6–10 mW is applied. The low-barrier mixer featuring the new and improved batch of InGaAs diodes performs SSB Conversion Loss of 15 dB and DSB Noise Temperature of 9000 K, using LO powers of 0.5 mW. In this work, a comparison of the CL and NT of both mixers is carried out, highlighting the excellent performances of GaAs diodes and the minimum LO power requirements needed by InGaAs counterparts, as well as future perspectives in InGaAs mixer performances. The mixers and diodes were fully designed, fabricated, and tested at ACST GmbH.

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“…However, the UTC-PD exhibits a poor performance as an optoelectronic mixer because of its significant frequency conversion loss; a conversion loss of 32 dB at 100 GHz has been demonstrated using this type of photodiode [8]. On the other hand, Schottkybased electronic mixers have demonstrated less than 5 dB conversion loss at 180 GHz [9]. However, a Schottky-based mixer requires a high frequency electronic local oscillator (LO), which can be expensive and may restrict frequency agility of the receiver, while a UTC-PD mixer is widely tuneable and does not require an electronic LO as the LO is provided optically.…”

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60 GHz Wireless Link Implementing an Electronic Mixer Driven by a Photonically Integrated Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiode at the Receiver

Mohammad

Bałakier

Shams

et al. 2018

2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP)

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We report the first 60 GHz wireless link implementing a uni-traveling carrier photodiode (UTC-PD) at the transmitter and a photonic integrated chip incorporating a UTC-PD at the receiver. In this demonstration, a 64.5 GHz signal carrying 1 Gbps on-off keying (OOK) data was generated by heterodyning two optical tones into the transmitter UTC-PD. The signal was transmitted using a 24 dBi gain parabolic antenna over a wireless distance of three metres before reaching an identical receiver antenna. At the receiver, an electronic mixer was used to down-convert the received signal into an intermediate frequency of 12.5 GHz. The local oscillator to the electronic mixer was provided by heterodyne mixing of two optical tones generated using a UTC-PD that is monolithically integrated with semiconductor lasers. The down-converted signal was acquired by a real-time oscilloscope for offline processing, which showed zero error bits in a 10 5 bit-long transmission.

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Characterisation of low-barrier Schottky diodes for millimeter wave mixer applications

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

Building an end user focused THz based ultra high bandwidth wireless access network: The TERAPOD approach

Building an end user focused THz based ultra high bandwidth wireless access network: The TERAPOD approach

Efficiency Assessment of Traditional GaAs and Low-Power InGaAs Schottky Diodes in Full-Band Mixers at 0.3 THz

60 GHz Wireless Link Implementing an Electronic Mixer Driven by a Photonically Integrated Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiode at the Receiver

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