HBT optoelectronic mixer at microwave frequencies: modeling and experimental characterization

Author

Lasri, Jacob ; Betser, Y. ; Sidorov, Victor ; Cohen, S. ; Ritter, D. ; Orenstein, M. ; Eisenstein, Gadi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

Volume

17

Issue

8

fYear

1999

fDate

8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1423

Lastpage

1428

Abstract

A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) optoelectronic mixer was studied experimentally and theoretically. A detailed large signal π-model and a small signal analysis are described. The frequency dependence of down and up conversion has been analyzed and measured. In terms of conversion gain, the advantage of the down conversion process is clearly demonstrated. The values of parameters employed in the mixing process are also discussed for both large and small signal regimes

Keywords

heterojunction bipolar transistors; microwave mixers; microwave photonics; semiconductor device models; HBT optoelectronic mixer; conversion gain; down conversion process; frequency dependence; heterojunction bipolar transistor optoelectronic mixer; large signal π-model; microwave frequencies; small signal analysis; Frequency conversion; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Microwave frequencies; Mixers; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; RF signals; Signal analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.779164

Filename

779164