Title :
4 to 40 GHz even harmonic Schottky mixer
Author :
Merenda, J.L. ; Neuf, D. ; Piro, P.
Author_Institution :
RHG Electron. Lab. Inc., Deer Park, NY, USA
Abstract :
Second-harmonic mixing from 4-40-GHz with a 2-20-GHz local oscillator (LO) has been obtained using an eight-diode antiparallel bridge in a balanced microstrip circuit. The development and testing of this mixer, which includes a lumped-element diplexer, was expedited by a 10*scale model at 4 GHz. The mixer operates with less than 12-dB conversion loss and +12-dBm input third-order intermodulation point, at a LO power of +14 dBm.<>
Keywords :
Schottky-barrier diodes; mixers (circuits); solid-state microwave circuits; 4 to 40 GHz; Schottky mixer; antiparallel bridge; balanced microstrip circuit; conversion loss; even harmonic; input third-order intermodulation point; local oscillator; lumped-element diplexer; scale model; Bridge circuits; Impedance matching; Microstrip; Mixers; Packaging; RF signals; Radio frequency; Reflection; Resonance; Schottky diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1988., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1988.22127
