• DocumentCode
    2119124
  • Title

    A New 140 GHz Planar Diode Finline Mixer for Radiometer Applications

  • Author

    Boheim, M. ; Schmidt, L.P. ; Ritter, J. ; Brankovic, V. ; Beyer, K. ; Arndt, F. ; Klein, U. ; Kunzi, K. ; Schwaab, G. ; Crowe, T.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Deutsche Aerospace Sedanstr. 10, D-89070 Ulm, Germany, Phone.: +49 731 392 4180, Fax.: +49 731 392 3362
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5-9 Sept. 1994
  • Firstpage
    664
  • Lastpage
    669
  • Abstract
    A new coolable 142 GHz finline mixer using an anti parallel mounted pair of planar air-bridge-type GaAs Schottky barrier diodes is described. Excellent performance data were measured (single sideband noise temperature about 600°K at a case temperaur of 13°K, conversion loss about 6 dB at room temperature). These features are comparable wit the mehanically more complicated whisker contacted mixers, which are traditionally used in atmospheric sounder experiments. The finline mixer has successfully been applied as the core of a receiver frontend for millimetre wave ozone radiometry measurements at 142.175 GHz
  • Keywords
    Atmospheric measurements; Finline; Gallium arsenide; Loss measurement; Noise measurement; Performance loss; Radiometry; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1994. 24th European
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1994.337286
  • Filename
    4138331
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2119124