• DocumentCode
    2684990
  • Title

    Low-Noise, Fixed Tuned, Broadband Mixer for 200-270 GHz

  • Author

    Archer, J.W. ; Faber, M.T.

  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    May 30 1984-June 1 1984
  • Firstpage
    557
  • Lastpage
    559
  • Abstract
    A cryogenic, single-ended, fundamental frequency mixer is reported. Contrary to common practice, the mixer utilizes a Schottky diode with high zero bias capacitance of 7 fF and a vely short whisker (less than 90 µm). This unusual approach together with a careful design and optimization have yielded an extremely broadband, low-noise mixer which, when fixed tuned and cooled to 21K, has a single sideband (SSB) mixer temperature less than 600K for a local oscillator frequency range of greater than 200 GHz to 270 GHz.
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Cutoff frequency; Feeds; Gallium arsenide; Impedance; Inductance; Noise reduction; Schottky diodes; Temperature; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1984 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1984.1131861
  • Filename
    1131861