DocumentCode
2981762
Title
A four port traveling wave mixer/amplifier using single gate MESFETs
Author
Ham, R.E.
Author_Institution
Clemson Univ., SC, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
11-13 Apr 1988
Firstpage
655
Lastpage
659
Abstract
Analysis and test data are presented for a four-port traveling wave nonlinear amplifier that is simultaneously used as a three-port mixer and as an amplifier for either the signal or local oscillator input. The three-port mixer is unique in itself as the signal and local oscillator are fed to different ports instead of having to be combined and fed to one input port. Concurrent operation as an amplifier with a transmission feedback path enables the four-port device to be used as a self-oscillating mixer
Keywords
feedback; microwave amplifiers; mixers (circuits); solid-state microwave circuits; four port traveling wave mixer/amplifier; nonlinear amplifier; self-oscillating mixer; single gate MESFET; test data; transmission feedback path; Capacitance; Cutoff frequency; Distributed amplifiers; Impedance; Local oscillators; MESFETs; Power transmission lines; Testing; Transconductance; Transmission line theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Southeastcon '88., IEEE Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location
Knoxville, TN
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SECON.1988.194939
Filename
194939
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