A 94 GHz diode mixer for low LO power operation

Author

Lee, Mun-Kyo ; Park, Jung-Dong ; An, Dan ; Lee, Bok-Hyung ; Lee, Sang-Jin ; Baek, Tae-Jong ; Oh, Jung-Hun ; Moon, Sung-Woon ; Kwon, Hyuk-Ja ; Kim, Wan-Joo ; Kim, Yong-Hoh ; Park, Hyung-Moo ; Rhee, Jin-Koo

Author_Institution

Millimeter-wave Innovation Technol. Res. Center, Dongguk Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

5

fYear

2005

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2005

Abstract

For low LO power and broadband characteristics of the mixer, an antipodal fin-line to microstrip transition for operation in the 94 GHz frequency has been designed and characterized. Back to back transitions fabricated on soft substrates have been measured and simulated to verify their behavior. A single balanced fin-line mixer was designed and fabricated. In the mixer, a wideband fin-line to coplanar waveguide 180° balun and low pass filter were used. Conversion loss is less than 10 dB at LO power of 6 dBm.

Keywords

MMIC mixers; MMIC oscillators; baluns; coplanar waveguides; fin lines; microstrip transitions; 94 GHz; antipodal fin-line; balanced fin-line mixer; broadband characteristics; conversion loss; coplanar waveguide; diode mixer; local oscillator power operation; low pass filter; microstrip transition; soft substrates; wideband fin-line; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Diodes; Electromagnetic waveguides; Finline; Frequency; Impedance matching; Millimeter wave technology; Mixers; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings, 2005. APMC 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9433-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2005.1607086

Filename

1607086