On the theory and design of subharmonically drain pumped microwave MESFET distributed mixers

Author

Palamutcuoglu, O.

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 May 1996

Firstpage

595

Abstract

The performance characteristics of three sections of unbalanced and two sections of unbalanced and two sections of balanced distributed mixer which are subharmonically drain pumped are considered. The optimum operating conditions are found with the help of the nonlinear simulator in Microwave Harmonica Program by using the nonlinear GaAs MESFET model. The conversion gain of ±0.5 dB for unbalanced and ±1 dB for balanced form over the signal frequency band 2-12 GHz with an IF of 70 MHz is obtained

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MESFET circuits; circuit analysis computing; circuit optimisation; digital simulation; gallium arsenide; microwave circuits; microwave mixers; nonlinear network analysis; 2 to 12 GHz; GaAs; Microwave Harmonica Program; balanced circuits; conversion gain; distributed mixers; microwave MESFET mixers; nonlinear MESFET model; nonlinear simulator; optimum operating conditions; signal frequency band; subharmonically drain pumped mixers; unbalanced circuits; Attenuation; Capacitance; Curve fitting; Gallium arsenide; Large Hadron Collider; MESFETs; Microwave theory and techniques; Nonlinear equations; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Bari

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3109-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1996.551609

Filename

551609