DocumentCode
939693
Title
Parametric downconvertor (6 to 4 GHz) for satellite ground-station applications
Author
Ntake, P. ; Conn, D.R.
Author_Institution
SED Systems Ltd., Saskatoon, Canada
Volume
12
Issue
20
fYear
1976
Firstpage
538
Lastpage
540
Abstract
The letter details the theoretical design and the experimental results of a parametric downconverter (p.d.c.) operated at an r.f. frequency fs of 6 GHz and pumped at fp = 10 GHz. The circuit exhibited a conversion gain of 14.5 dB, a noise figure of 4.3 dB and a 3 dB b.w. of 238 MHz.
Keywords
frequency convertors; parametric devices; satellite links; 6 to 4 GHz; conversion gain; noise figure; parametric downconvertor; satellite ground station applications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19760409
Filename
4240118
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