Design and development of Schottky diode frequency multipliers for the MetOp-SG satellite instruments

We report the design, analysis and development of Schottky-based frequency multipliers that will be used in millimetre/sub-millimeter-wave heterodyne receiver payloads. The devices are destined for future space deployment in support of a series of second generation European polar-orbiting satellites (MetOp-SG) that will perform operational meteorology.