Ka-band sub-harmonically pumped MIC mixers

Author

Liu, Chieh-Chao ; Chou, Hua-Shan ; Chen, T.H. ; Deng, Kuo-Liang ; Wang, Huei

Author_Institution

Airwave Technol. Inc., Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1275

Abstract

This paper presents the design and measurement results of two Ka-band sub-harmonically pumped (SHP) mixers and a 12-14 GHz LO driver amplifier. These circuits are fabricated using discrete components mounted on a thin-film Al₂O₃ substrate. The down-conversion SHP mixer shows 10 dB conversion loss from 27.35-28.35 GHz with an LO drive of 0 dBm at 13.2 GHz, while the up-conversion SHP mixer has 12 dB conversion loss from 31-31.3 GHz under a similar LO drive. The 12-14 GHz amplifier, demonstrating a small signal gain of 12 dB with an output 1-dB compression point of 16 dBm, serves as an LO drive of the SHP mixer

Keywords

driver circuits; hybrid integrated circuits; microwave amplifiers; microwave integrated circuits; microwave mixers; 12 dB; 12 to 14 GHz; 13.2 GHz; 27.35 to 28.35 GHz; 31 to 31.3 GHz; Al₂O₃; Ka-band sub-harmonically pumped MIC mixers; LO driver amplifier; conversion loss; discrete components; down-conversion SHP mixer; local multipoint distribution service; output 1-dB compression; small signal gain; thin-film Al₂O₃ substrate; up-conversion SHP; Circuit simulation; Design engineering; Electric variables measurement; Frequency conversion; Gain; Microwave integrated circuits; Mixers; Radio frequency; Substrates; Thin film circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2001. APMC 2001. 2001 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7138-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2001.985367

Filename

985367