DocumentCode
1675588
Title
A MMIC subharmonically pumped SSB modulator
Author
Pospishil, A. ; Russo, M. ; Singh, M.
Author_Institution
ITT, Clifton, NJ, USA
fYear
1993
Firstpage
399
Abstract
An innovative monolithic single sideband modulator (SSBM) which utilizes balanced subharmonically pumped mixers has been developed. This SSBM is pumped at one-half of the carrier frequency. The typical measured performance of this device is excellent, with greater than 40 dB carrier suppression, greater than 25 dB undesired carrier suppression, and less than 10 dB conversion loss over a carrier bandwidth of 14 to 19 GHz. Double sideband suppressed carried and unsuppressed carrier operation is also achievable with the same device when appropriate modulation signals are applied.<>
Keywords
MMIC; mixers (circuits); modulators; 14 to 19 GHz; DSB suppressed carrier; carrier bandwidth; carrier frequency; carrier suppression; conversion loss; modulation signals; single sideband modulator; subharmonically pumped SSB modulator; subharmonically pumped mixers; unsuppressed carrier operation; Amplitude modulation; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Degradation; Diodes; Low pass filters; MMICs; Power harmonic filters; RF signals; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1993., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1209-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1993.276794
Filename
276794
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