Planar microwave mixers for wireless and sensor applications

Author

Boeck, Georg ; von Behren, Kai Schmidt ; Tempel, Mike

Author_Institution

Microwave Dept., Technische Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

25

Abstract

Driven by mobile communication and sensor applications a continuous progress in planar mixer technology could be observed during the past years. Starting with a summary of fundamental mixing theory, the most interesting planar circuit concepts are shown. Nonlinear semiconductor devices and their models are reviewed. The practical design process and some experience with nonlinear analysis are discussed. Results from state of the art mixing circuits are introduced.

Keywords

MMIC mixers; electric sensing devices; field effect MMIC; microwave integrated circuits; mobile radio; nonlinear network analysis; radio equipment; semiconductor device models; semiconductor devices; mixing circuits; mixing theory; mobile communication; monolithic resistive FET mixers; nonlinear analysis; nonlinear semiconductor devices; planar circuit; planar microwave mixers; planar mixer technology; sensor applications; wireless applications; Circuits; Diodes; Energy consumption; Frequency conversion; Microwave sensors; Mixers; Power harmonic filters; Signal design; Tires; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2001. IMOC 2001.Proceedings of the 2001 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7065-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.2001.1007632

Filename

1007632