Design and realization of InP-based resonant tunneling diode THz oscillator
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1.54th Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC54), Beijing 100070, China;2.The National Key Laboratory of ASIC, Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051, China

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O43

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Supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFE0202500), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC08219),Manned Space Advanced Research Project (060401), Advanced Research Project of Civil Aerospace Technology (B0105).

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    An oscillator above 1 THz is designed and realized using InP-based resonant tunneling diode (RTD) and an on-chip antenna with Si-lens. The RTD model was built and studied with Silvaco software. The influences of the doping concentration of emitter, the thickness of barrier layer, space layer, and well layer on the DC characteristics of the device have been analyzed. The DC measurement of the RTD shows the peak current density Jp = 359.2 kA/cm2, the valley current density Jv = 135.8 kA/cm2, and the peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) = 2.64. According to the measurement, the maximum RF output power and oscillation frequency (fmax) are theoretically calculated, which are 1.71 mW and 1.49 THz, respectively. The oscillator with an on-chip bow-tie antenna and RTD is packaged with Si-lens. The measurement shows the output power is 2.57 μW at an operation frequency of above 1 THz, the DC power consumption is 8.33 mW. This is the first reported oscillator of frequency above 1 THz in domestic.

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LIU Jun, SONG Rui-Liang, LIU Ning, LIANG Shi-Xiong. Design and realization of InP-based resonant tunneling diode THz oscillator[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2022,41(2):443~447

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  • Received:April 25,2021
  • Revised:April 07,2022
  • Adopted:May 18,2021
  • Online: March 31,2022
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