Title :
An Octave-Bandwidth Double-Balanced Millimeter-Wave Mixer
Author :
Schneiderbanger, Dirk ; Cichy, Alexander ; Rehner, Robert ; Martius, Siegfried ; Sterns, Michael ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter
Author_Institution :
Lehrstuhl fur Hochfrequenztech., Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen
Abstract :
The paper reports on an octave-bandwidth double-balanced mixer which operates in the millimeter-wave range from 35 to 70 GHz. The design uses a low cost hybrid technology: A thin-film circuit is fabricated on an alumina substrate, and the diodes are flip-chip mounted. Balanced signals are provided by side coupled Marchand baluns. As a result the conversion loss averages out at 13 dB
Keywords :
alumina; baluns; diodes; millimetre wave mixers; thin film circuits; 35 to 70 GHz; alumina substrate; double-balanced millimeter-wave mixer; flip-chip mounted diodes; low cost hybrid technology; octave-bandwidth millimeter-wave mixer; side coupled Marchand baluns; thin-film circuit; Costs; Coupling circuits; Cutoff frequency; Impedance matching; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Parasitic capacitance; Semiconductor diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281257
