Design and performance of a new uniplanar diode mixer

Author

Hsu, Pang-Cheng ; Nguyen, Cam ; Kintis, Mark

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

194

Abstract

We report the development of a new uniplanar singly balanced diode mixer. The new mixer employs a novel 180° out-of-phase power divider using slotline and coplanar waveguide. Good results were obtained for the first-designed mixer. The conversion loss is between 6.5-10 dB for the radio-frequency (RF) signal from 10 to 11.6 GHz and the LO signal of 6 dBm at 7 GHz. The LO-to-RF, RF-to-IF, and LO-to-IF isolations are more than 16, 20, and 38 dB, respectively. These results signify the feasibility of the new mixer and hence demonstrate an attractive device for microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits

Keywords

coplanar waveguides; losses; microwave integrated circuits; microwave mixers; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave mixers; power dividers; slot line components; 10 to 11.6 GHz; 6.5 to 10 dB; 7 GHz; LO signal; LO-to-IF isolation; LO-to-RF isolation; RF-to-IF isolation; conversion loss; coplanar waveguide; microwave integrated circuits; millimeter-wave integrated circuits; out-of-phase power divider; slotline; uniplanar diode mixer; Band pass filters; Coplanar waveguides; Diodes; Microwave devices; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Mixers; Power dividers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Slotline;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.850374

Filename

850374