• DocumentCode
    1241590
  • Title

    A New Ka-Band Doubly BalancedMixer Based on Lange Couplers

  • Author

    Lai, Yu-Ann ; Lin, Chih-Ming ; Lin, Che-Hung ; Wang, Yeong-Her

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng-Kung Univ., Tainan
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    458
  • Lastpage
    460
  • Abstract
    A compact Ka-band doubly balanced diode mixer with new phase relationships is demonstrated. In this design, a novel configuration was employed to have good performance while keeping compact size and simple intermediate frequency (IF) extraction. It is flexible not only in layout design, but also in the reduction of IF inductance. The chip dimension is as small as 0.851.35 mm, implemented by using a 0.15 m PHEMT technology. This mixer has a conversion loss between 9 to 12 dB, a dc-3.5 GHz IF bandwidth, and a good port-to-port isolation in Ka band.
  • Keywords
    microwave mixers; Ka-band doubly balanced mixer; Lange couplers; diode mixer; intermediate frequency extraction; Doubly balanced mixer; Lange coupler; PHEMT; phase;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1531-1309
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LMWC.2008.925110
  • Filename
    4538240