• DocumentCode
    810694
  • Title

    D-band subharmonic mixer with silicon planar doped barrier diodes

  • Author

    Güttich, Ulrich ; Strohm, Karl M. ; Schäffler, Friedrich

  • Author_Institution
    Telefunken Systemtech., Ulm, Germany
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    2/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    366
  • Lastpage
    368
  • Abstract
    A subharmonically pumped finline mixer applying a silicon planar doped barrier diode has been developed for D-band frequencies. Diode processing and DC characteristics are discussed, and a circuit description is given. Excellent mixing properties (minimum conversion loss) of 10.8 dB) favor this mixer configuration for application in low-cost receivers operating at those RF bands (above 120 GHz) where fundamental low-noise, solid-state oscillators are not currently available
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; microwave integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); semiconductor diodes; silicon; 10.8 dB; 120 GHz; D-band; DC characteristics; EHF; MIC; MM-wave mixer; Si; finline mixer; low-cost receivers; minimum conversion loss; planar doped barrier diodes; subharmonic mixer; Doping; Finline; Gold; Microstrip; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Ohmic contacts; Radio frequency; Schottky diodes; Silicon; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/22.102987
  • Filename
    102987