Novel single device balanced resistive HEMT mixers

Author

Yhland, Klas ; Rorsman, Niklas ; Zirath, Herbert H G

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microwave Technol., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

43

Issue

12

fYear

1995

fDate

12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2863

Lastpage

2867

Abstract

A family of novel single device balanced resistive HEMT mixers has been designed and characterized. The RF is fed through a 180° balun. The IF is extracted either by a 180° balun or single ended. The main advantages of this type of mixer are that no device pairing is necessary, since only one HEMT is used and that no RF and LO grounding is necessary. These advantages make the described topology particularly suitable for microstrip MIC´s, MMIC´s, crossbar, fin-line and quasi optical mixers. The mixers are designed for RF 17.5-20 GHz, the LO is wideband and the IF is 1-2 GHz. Measurements show a conversion loss of 6 to 8 dB and an LO to RF isolation of up to 37 dB (typically 20 dB)

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; baluns; field effect MMIC; fin line components; losses; microstrip circuits; microwave mixers; 17.5 to 20 GHz; 6 to 8 dB; LO-to-RF isolation; MMICs; balanced resistive HEMT mixers; balun feed; conversion loss; crossbar mixers; fin-line mixers; microstrip MICs; quasi optical mixers; Finline; Grounding; HEMTs; Impedance matching; Loss measurement; Microstrip components; Microwave integrated circuits; Radio frequency; Topology; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.475647

Filename

475647