Title :
A Subharmonically Pumped Mixer in the Submillimeter Wave Range Using Single Diode Mixers and a Quasi-Optical LO Feeding Network
Author :
Mullerwiebus, V. ; Schunemann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microwave Eng., Hamburg Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
The design of a subharmonically pumped mixer in the submillimeter wave range is discussed, in which several single diode mixers are used. An important design criterion is the separate biasing of each single diode mixer. A distribution structure for the RF signal is given that avoids power splitting. The feeding network of the LO frequency was assembled at 150 GHz. Preliminary measurement results are presented, in which the required phase shifts between the beams of the LO signal have been achieved. Practical misalignments of lambda/10 in the quasi-optical LO network are found to be negligible
Keywords :
submillimetre wave mixers; 150 GHz; coplanar waveguides; millimeter wave mixers; optical beam splitting; power distribution; quasioptical LO feeding network; single diode mixers; subharmonically pumped mixer; submillimeter wave range; Assembly; Biomembranes; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Optical beams; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Scanning probe microscopy; Semiconductor diodes; Submillimeter wave technology; Coplanar waveguides; membranes; millimeter wave mixers; optical beam splitting; power distribution; submillimeter wave mixers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281342
