Title :
A Novel Balanced Third and Fourth Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer with High Conversion Gain
Author :
Winkler, Simone A. ; Wu, Ke ; Stelzer, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Poly-Grames Res. Center, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
In this paper, a third and fourth harmonic FET self-oscillating mixer (SOM) operating at 5.8 GHz and 7.6 GHz, respectively, with high measured conversion gain (8.75 dB) is presented for the first time to the authors´ knowledge. The proposed structure is fully balanced to provide inherent RF-LO isolation and suppression of harmonics and AM noise, but it does not require complex and space-intensive input baluns
Keywords :
harmonics suppression; microwave mixers; microwave oscillators; 5.8 GHz; 7.6 GHz; 8.75 dB; AM noise; FET self-oscillating mixer; RF-LO isolation; fourth harmonic self-oscillating mixer; harmonic suppression; high conversion gain; third harmonic self-oscillating mixer; Circuits; FETs; Impedance matching; MMICs; Mixers; Noise figure; Oscillators; Power harmonic filters; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; balanced structure; harmonics; oscillator; self-oscillating mixer (SOM);
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281440
