A double balanced 3-18 GHz resistive HEMT monolithic mixer

Author

Chen, T.H. ; Chang, K.W. ; Bui, S.B.T. ; Liu, L.C.T. ; Pak, S.

Author_Institution

TRW, Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 June 1992

Firstpage

459

Abstract

A double balanced (DB) 3-18 GHz resistance HEMT (high electron mobility transistor) monolithic mixer has been successfully developed. This mixer consists of a AlGaAs/InGaAs HEMT quad, an active LO (local oscillator) balun, and two passive baluns, RF and IF (intermediate frequency). At 16 dBm LO power, this mixer achieves the conversion losses of 7.5-9 dB for 4-14 GHz RF and 7.5-11 dB for 3-18 GHz RF. The simulated conversion loss is very much in agreement with the measured results. Also, a third-order input intercept of +26 dBm is achieved for a 10-11 GHz RF and 1 GHz IF at a LO drive of 16 dBm. The design is believed to be the first DB resistive HEMT MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) mixer covering up to 6:1 bandwidth.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; losses; mixers (circuits); 3 to 18 GHz; 7.5 to 11 dB; AlGaAs-InGaAs; HEMT; MMIC; active LO; baluns; bandwidth; conversion losses; double balanced mixer; third-order input intercept; HEMTs; Impedance matching; Indium gallium arsenide; Local oscillators; Loss measurement; MMICs; MODFETs; Mixers; Power measurement; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0611-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188012

Filename

188012