• DocumentCode
    2571101
  • Title

    A practical distributed FET mixer for MMIC applications

  • Author

    Robertson, I.D. ; Aghvami, A.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron & Electr. Eng., London Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    13-15 June 1989
  • Firstpage
    1031
  • Abstract
    A novel distributed FET mixer configuration suitable for MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) realization has been demonstrated in hybrid form. An active distributed signal combiner is used at the input of a single-gate FET mixer. The hybrid prototype has achieved 3 dB+or-1 dB conversion gain from 2 to 12 GHz for an LO (local oscillator) power of 6 dBm. The measured single-sideband noise figure is 11 dB over most of the band.<>
  • Keywords
    MMIC; field effect integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); 11 dB; 2 to 12 GHz; 2 to 4 dB; MMIC applications; SHF; active distributed signal combiner; conversion gain; distributed FET mixer; hybrid prototype; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; single-gate FET mixer; single-sideband noise figure; wideband type; FET integrated circuits; Gain; Hybrid integrated circuits; Local oscillators; MMICs; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave FETs; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Prototypes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1989., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1989.38898
  • Filename
    38898