• DocumentCode
    1830080
  • Title

    A balanced resistive mixer avoiding an IF balun

  • Author

    Bos, T.A. ; Camargo, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Compound Semicond., Inc, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2-7 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Abstract
    A balanced resistive mixer topology is proposed, that avoids the requirement of an external 180/spl deg/ IF hybrid. Instead of a balun, the IF signal is extracted once at the drain and once at the source of the balanced FETs. Thus, the IF signals can simply be combined. Operating as up- and downconverter, the fabricated MMIC mixer has a measured conversion loss of better than 10 dB over a frequency range from 29 to 39 GHz.
  • Keywords
    MMIC mixers; 10 dB; 29 to 39 GHz; FET; IF signal; MMIC mixer; balanced resistive mixer; conversion loss; downconverter; upconverter; FETs; Impedance matching; Linearity; Parasitic capacitance; RF signals; Radio frequency; Semiconductor diodes; Topology; Transceivers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7239-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1011603
  • Filename
    1011603