• DocumentCode
    2639157
  • Title

    Design and Performance of a Broadband MIC Low Noise K-Band Balanced Mixer, Polar Discriminator and Related Components

  • Author

    Gorwara, Ashok K. ; Chambers, Donald R. ; Gysel, Ulrich ; Parker, Don

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Res. Inst., Menlo Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    12-14 May 1975
  • Firstpage
    140
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    The design and experimental performance of a broadband (18-26.5 GHz) single balanced mixer, polar discriminator and related components fabricated in microstrip on 0.010-inch thick gold plated sapphire is described. Typical conversion loss of 7.5 dB with a maximum of 8.5 dB at the top of the band was achieved in the mixer. The output polar angle of the discriminator is linear within ±15° with an input signal level of -14 dBm. Full utilization of planar techniques is made that could also be applicable for frequencies up to and above 60 GHz.
  • Keywords
    microwave integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); broadband MIC low noise k-band balanced mixer; conversion loss; frequency 18 GHz to 26.5 GHz; gold plated sapphire; loss 7.5 dB; loss 8.5 dB; polar discriminator; single balanced mixer; size 0.1 inch; Circuit testing; Dielectric substrates; Frequency measurement; K-band; Microstrip; Microwave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Schottky diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium, 1975 IEEE-MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Palo Alton, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1975.1123310
  • Filename
    1123310