Title :
A Reliable Ka-band Sub-harmonic Mixer for Satellite Converters
Author :
Ådahl, Andreas ; Zirath, Herbert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
A Ka-band sub-harmonic mixer based on a novel zero bias diode is presented. The mixer provides high suppression of in-band spuriouses and is more reliable than mixers implemented with ordinary gate-Schottky diodes. The ZBD is designed in a commercially available enhancement mode MMIC process. A conversion loss of 13.5 dB and IIP3 of approximately +7 dBm is obtained at an LO power of only 4.4 dBm
Keywords :
MMIC mixers; Schottky diodes; IIP3; Ka-band sub-harmonic mixer; LO power; MMIC; gate Schottky diodes; satellite converters; zero bias diode; Breakdown voltage; Diodes; FETs; Frequency conversion; Impedance matching; MMICs; Mixers; Radio frequency; Satellites; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2006. CSIC 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0126-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0127-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSICS.2006.319879
