• DocumentCode
    3002664
  • Title

    C-band direct conversion receiver front-end using a resistive FET mixer

  • Author

    Lin, S. ; Yongxi Qian ; Itoh, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    13-19 June 1999
  • Firstpage
    1409
  • Abstract
    A C-band direct conversion receiver front-end based on a resistive FET mixer has been developed. Resistive FET mixers, as opposed to other configurations, require only gate bias and no drain bias. Thus the baseband signal can be easily filtered from the drain terminal. The resistive FET mixer is integrated with rectangular microstrip patch antenna, yielding a compact receiver front-end. A prototype was constructed and demonstrated satisfactory demodulation of a BPSK modulated RF signal.
  • Keywords
    MESFET circuits; demodulation; microstrip antennas; microwave mixers; microwave receivers; phase shift keying; radio receivers; 5.8 GHz; BPSK modulated RF signal; band direct conversion receiver front-end; baseband signal; demodulation; drain terminal; gate bias; prototype; rectangular microstrip patch antenna; resistive FET mixer; Antenna measurements; Baseband; Binary phase shift keying; Circuit testing; Demodulation; FETs; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Radio frequency; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5135-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1999.780213
  • Filename
    780213