• DocumentCode
    935400
  • Title

    A Planar Quasi-Optical Subharmonically Pumped Mixer Characterized by Isotropic Conversion Loss

  • Author

    Stephan, Karl D. ; Itoh, Tatsuo

  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    1/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    102
  • Abstract
    By using a subharmonically pumped circuit in a quasi-optical planar mixer, we have found it possible to use an LO frequency of one-half the normaf value with little added circuit complexity. This circuit shows conversion loss as low as 8.6dB +- 2 dB at 14 GHz. Through the means of a newly defined quasi-optical mixer parameter called isotiopic conversion loss (Liso), we find that performance of the mixer system degrades less than 10 dB from an RF input of 14 GHz to 35 GHz, which is more than twice the designed RF frequency.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Circuits; Diodes; Laboratories; Loss measurement; Mixers; Optical losses; Performance loss; Radio frequency; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.1984.1132618
  • Filename
    1132618
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=935400