DocumentCode
2660762
Title
Analysis of Noise in Room-Temperature Millimeter-Wave Mixers
Author
Held, D.N. ; Kerr, A.R.
fYear
1977
fDate
21-23 June 1977
Firstpage
483
Lastpage
486
Abstract
Noise in room-temperature millimeter-wave mixers consists almost entirely of shot and thermal noise generated by the mixer diode. The shot noise is shown to have down-converted components which are correlated with one another. This correlation explains the previously observed "anomalous" noise in millimeter-wave mixers.
Keywords
Circuit noise; Equations; Frequency conversion; Impedance; Millimeter wave circuits; Mixers; Noise generators; Predictive models; Schottky diodes; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1977 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1977.1124497
Filename
1124497
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