Title :
Analysis of Noise in Room-Temperature Millimeter-Wave Mixers
Author :
Held, D.N. ; Kerr, A.R.
Abstract :
Noise in room-temperature millimeter-wave mixers consists almost entirely of shot and thermal noise generated by the mixer diode. The shot noise is shown to have down-converted components which are correlated with one another. This correlation explains the previously observed "anomalous" noise in millimeter-wave mixers.
Keywords :
Circuit noise; Equations; Frequency conversion; Impedance; Millimeter wave circuits; Mixers; Noise generators; Predictive models; Schottky diodes; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1977 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1977.1124497