A hybrid broadband millimeter-wave diode ring mixer with advanced IF extraction technique

Author

Schneiderbanger, Dirk ; Cichy, Alexander ; Rehner, Robert ; Sterns, Michael ; Martius, Siegfried ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter

Author_Institution

Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen

fYear

2007

fDate

9-12 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

656

Lastpage

659

Abstract

We report on a hybrid octave-bandwidth millimeter-wave diode mixer with advanced IF extraction. The design uses a reproducible, low cost hybrid technology including thin- film circuit and flip-chip mounted diode chips. Side coupled Marchand baluns with IF tap provide balanced RF and LO signals as well as serve for extracting the IF signal. Measurement results for fixed, low IF frequency show a conversion loss around 10 dB from 35 to 67 GHz. Furthermore the mixer is suitable for IF frequencies up to 23 GHz. These features allow very flexible applications of the presented mixer in broadband test and measurement systems.

Keywords

baluns; flip-chip devices; millimetre wave mixers; thin film circuits; IF extraction; Marchand baluns; flip chip mounted diode chips; hybrid broadband mixer; millimeter wave diode ring mixer; thin film circuit; Costs; Coupling circuits; Diodes; Impedance matching; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Mixers; RF signals; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. European

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-001-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2007.4405277

Filename

4405277