• DocumentCode
    2494715
  • Title

    Sideband separating mixer for 600–720 GHz based on SIS

  • Author

    Khudchenko, A.V. ; Hesper, R. ; Baryshev, A.M. ; Mena, F.P. ; Barkhof, J. ; Klapwijk, T.M. ; Spaans, M.

  • Author_Institution
    SRON (Netherlands Inst. for Space Res.), Utrecht, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-28 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We have built a 2SB mixer, which has demonstrated a sideband rejection ratio as high as 15 dB over the full band of 600-720 GHz and the SSB noise temperature between 200 and 370 K. Both sideband ration and noise temperature are well within the ALMA specifications.
  • Keywords
    circuit noise; submillimetre wave mixers; 2SB mixer; ALMA specifications; SSB noise temperature; frequency 600 GHz to 720 GHz; noise temperature; sideband ration; sideband rejection ratio; sideband separating mixer; temperature 200 K to 370 K; Amplitude modulation; Educational institutions; Mixers; Noise; Radio frequency; Receivers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wollongong, NSW
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1598-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6379505
  • Filename
    6379505