Title :
A W-band eighth-order schottky harmonic mixer
Author :
Lou, Zheng ; Shi, Sheng-Cai
Author_Institution :
Purple Mountain Observatary, Nanjing, China
Abstract :
This paper reports a hybrid integrated eighth-order harmonic mixer operating in W band. The design is based on an antiparallel diode pair which serves as the active device. The design utilizes commercially available components and is compact and easy to fabricate. The mixer achieves a conversion loss of 36 dB ± 6 dB across a frequency range of 80-105 GHz at a typical LO power of 10 dBm and a fixed IF frequency of 1 GHz. The mixer may find applications in millimeter wave measurement systems, such as vector network analyzers.
Keywords :
Schottky diode mixers; millimetre wave mixers; W-band eighth-order Schottky harmonic mixer; antiparallel diode; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 80 GHz to 105 GHz; hybrid integrated eighth-order harmonic mixer; loss 36 dB; millimeter wave measurement systems; vector network analyzers; Frequency conversion; Millimeter wave measurements; Mixers; Schottky diodes; Harmonic mixers; Schottky diodes; W band; vector network analyzers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2801-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2802-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2009.5384148
