Title :
Subharmonic Planar Doped Barrier Mixer Conversion Loss Characteristics
Author :
Dixon, Samuel, Jr. ; Malik, Roger J.
Abstract :
Planar doped barrier (PDB) diodes have been successfully used in a subharmonically pumped coplanar-stripline mixer circuit. A comparison is made in the conversion loss of the symmetric and asymmetric PDB diodes. A dramatic decrease in conversion loss is obtained when the PDB diode I-V curve is perfectly symmetric. A minimum conversion loss in the order of 5.0 dB is obtained at a signal frequency of 2.0 GHz.
Keywords :
Capacitance; Contacts; Electric variables; Frequency conversion; Microwave circuits; Mixers; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Schottky diodes; Semiconductor diodes; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.1983.1131450
