• DocumentCode
    3622192
  • Title

    Active composite right/left-handed transmission line-based mixers

  • Author

    J. Mata-Contreras;T.M. Martin-Guerrero;C. Camacho-Penalosa

  • Author_Institution
    Departamento de Ingenieria de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    6/28/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    276
  • Lastpage
    279
  • Abstract
    The use of composite right/left-handed transmission lines (CRLH-TLs) in distributed mixers, instead of the usual right-handed transmission lines (RH-TLs), is explored. A simplified analysis, based on lossless transmission lines and a simple model for the active devices, shows that innovative distributed mixer designs could be achieved. In particular, it is shown that it is possible to extract the IF output from different output ports, depending on the RF frequency
  • Keywords
    "Distributed parameter circuits","Transmission lines","Frequency","FETs","Propagation losses","Microwave circuits","Microwave devices","Distributed amplifiers","Coupling circuits","Integrated circuit interconnections"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrotechnical Conference, 2006. MELECON 2006. IEEE Mediterranean
  • ISSN
    2158-8473
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0087-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2158-8481
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MELCON.2006.1653092
  • Filename
    1653092