@inproceedings{cf93ca401649468c8bc09fa83c913e36,
title = "Designs of third harmonic generators using a left-handed nonlinear transmission line on microstrip-line and suspended stripline",
abstract = "In this paper, designs of an effective third harmonic generator using a left-handed nonlinear transmission line (LH NLTL) are presented. The proposed harmonic generator using the LH NLTL is composed of a series of varactor diodes and shunt inductances implemented on microstrip-line (MSL) and suspended stripline (SSL). Both of the harmonic generators were built on a Rogers RO4003 substrate and has dimensions of 12 mm by 7 mm. The fabricated LH NLTL provides insertion loss from 1.7 dB to 4.7 dB for a wide left-handed passband from 2.6 to 18 GHz. The measured minimum third harmonic conversion loss was 14.2 dB at an input frequency of 2.5 GHz. When compared to previous works, better third harmonic conversion efficiency is achieved with much smaller size at lower frequencies.",
keywords = "Left-handed nonlinear transmission line, Suspended stripline, Third harmonic generator, Varactor diodes",
author = "Kim, {In Bok} and Kim, {Hong Joon} and Choi, {Hyun Chul} and Kim, {Kang Wook}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 European Microwave Association-EUMA.; 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2014 - Held as Part of the 17th European Microwave Week, EuMW 2014 ; Conference date: 06-10-2014 Through 07-10-2014",
year = "2014",
month = dec,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1109/EuMIC.2014.6997925",
language = "English",
series = "European Microwave Week 2014: {"}Connecting the Future{"}, EuMW 2014 - Conference Proceedings; EuMIC 2014: 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "588--591",
booktitle = "European Microwave Week 2014",
address = "United States",
}