FUTURE-DEVELOPMENTS FOR TERAHERTZ SCHOTTKY-BARRIER MIXER DIODES

Authors
GRUB A SIMON A KROZER V HARTNAGEL HL
Citation
A. Grub et al., FUTURE-DEVELOPMENTS FOR TERAHERTZ SCHOTTKY-BARRIER MIXER DIODES, Archiv fur Elektrotechnik, 77(1), 1993, pp. 57-59
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Archiv fur Elektrotechnik
ISSN journal
00039039 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
57 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9039(1993)77:1<57:FFTSMD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
With the steady improvement of whisker contacted GaAs Schottky barrier mixer diodes during the recent years, the frequency range for heterod yne detection has been extended towards frequencies as high as 2.5 THz . However, whisker contacted devices show reliability and handling pro blems, and space qualification is extremely difficult. Furthermore, wh iskered diodes cannot be integrated. This paper shows future planar co ncepts suitable for THz heterodyne detection in order to overcome the above problems with whisker contacted diodes.