MICROWAVE TUNNEL DIODE MIXER-AMPLIFIER.

Abstract

The theoretical performance of an idealized equivalent mixer circuit, with short-circuited image impedance and positive output impedance, is characterized by expressions for conversion gain, mixer noise figure, system noise figure, input and output impedance, and the signal source impedance required for minimum noise figure. The results of a typical numerical computation of these quantities are displayed graphically as a function of the local oscillator amplitude, with the bias fixed slightly below the peak voltage, in the positive conductance region. The experimental program has begun with tests of the i. f. portion of the mixer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1962
Accession Number
AD0419793

Entities

People

  • W. B. Hauer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Amplitude
  • Computations
  • Conversion
  • Diodes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Impedance
  • Local Oscillators
  • Microwaves
  • Oscillators
  • Radio Frequency Oscillators
  • Tunnel Diodes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering