Title :
Passivity constraints on mixer-diode coefficients
Author_Institution :
University of Bradford, Postgraduate School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bradford, UK
Abstract :
It is shown that, because a mixer diode is assumed passive, constraints exist which limit the possible magnitudes of the various Fourier coefficients in the expansion of the time-varying resistance or conductance chosen to represent the diode.
Keywords :
diodes; mixers (circuits); passive networks; Fourier coefficients; mixer diode; passivity constraints;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720004
