• DocumentCode
    474164
  • Title

    Submillimeter-wave schottky diode receivers

  • Author

    Mehdi, Imran ; Schlecht, Erich ; Maestrini, A. ; Gill, John ; Lee, Choonsup ; Ward, John

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    2-9 Sept. 2007
  • Firstpage
    752
  • Lastpage
    753
  • Abstract
    Compact and broadband room temperature receivers are a critical technology for future planetary missions. We report on a room temperature mixer covering the 520 to 600 GHz range with better than 5000 K DSB noise temperature. The receiver front end consists of a bias-able sub-harmonically pumped Schottky mixer and a balanced six anode tripler, both chips made on membrane substrates. This front end in combination with digital backends can provide a low-power, compact, and broadband receiver for future applications.
  • Keywords
    Schottky diode mixers; submillimetre wave detectors; submillimetre wave diodes; submillimetre wave mixers; Schottky mixer; frequency 520 GHz to 600 GHz; submillimeter-wave Schottky diode receiver; Anodes; Biomembranes; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Local oscillators; Power generation; Probes; Propulsion; Schottky diodes; Temperature distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1438-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516714
  • Filename
    4516714