• DocumentCode
    2802067
  • Title

    50-100 GHz octave band MMIC mixers

  • Author

    Kamozaki, K. ; Kurita, N. ; Tanimoto, T. ; Ohta, H. ; Nakamura, T. ; Kondoh, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Japan
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    10-10 June 1997
  • Firstpage
    95
  • Lastpage
    98
  • Abstract
    Single-balanced MMIC mixers covering RF and LO bands of 50-100 GHz have been developed. A Marchand balun and a side-coupled balun in microstrip configurations were compared for LO drive ports of the mixers. The Marchand balun type demonstrated a conversion loss of 11.6 dB/spl plusmn/2.8 dB over a 50-103.5 GHz band, whereas the side-coupled balun type achieved a conversion loss of 11.6/spl plusmn/2.2 dB from 50 GHz to 95 GHz. These results represent the widest bandwidth reported to date in MM-wave bands.
  • Keywords
    HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; baluns; field effect MIMIC; losses; millimetre wave mixers; 11.6 dB; 50 to 103.5 GHz; EHF; GaAs; MIMIC; Marchand balun; PHEMT based process; microstrip configurations; octave band MMIC mixers; pseudomorphic HEMT; side-coupled balun; single-balanced MMIC mixers; Bandwidth; Costs; Dual band; Equivalent circuits; FETs; Grounding; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microstrip; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1997., IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4063-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.1997.598750
  • Filename
    598750