A wide-band uniplanar mixer

Author

Pang-Chen Hsu ; Cam Nguyen ; Kintis, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

11-16 July 1999

Firstpage

214

Abstract

We report the development of a wideband uniplanar singly balanced diode mixer using a coplanar waveguide and a slot line. The first-design mixer has a measured conversion loss from 6 to 10 dB for the RF signal from 7.1 to 10. GHz and the LO signal of 3.5 dBm at 7 GHz. The LO-RF isolation is better than 20 dB, and the isolations from the IF to the LO and RF ports are more than 36 dB. This mixer circuit is simple and has a wide bandwidth and good interport isolations. Furthermore, its uniplanar nature allows solid-state devices to be mounted easily and no via-holes are needed for ground connections. These features are attractive for low-cost microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits.

Keywords

coplanar waveguides; microwave diodes; microwave mixers; 6 to 10 dB; 7 GHz; 7.1 to 10 GHz; LO ports; LO signal; LO-RF isolation; MIC; MMIC; RF ports; RF signal; SHF; coplanar waveguide; local oscillator signal; low-cost microwave integrated circuits; low-cost millimeter-wave integrated circuits; measured conversion loss; singly balanced diode mixer; slot line; solid-state devices; wide bandwidth mixer; wide-band uniplanar mixer; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Diodes; Loss measurement; MMICs; Microwave devices; Microwave integrated circuits; RF signals; Radio frequency; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5639-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1999.789119

Filename

789119