EHF Test-Bed Subharmonic Mixer.

Abstract

The development, design and construction of a subharmonically pumped mixer at 44 GHz using GaAs Schottky beam lead diodes is discussed. A simplified theory is used to derive a three-port equivalent circuit of the complete mixer which includes effects such as diode parasitics and filter characteristics. Specific design criteria are developed at each of the three mixer signal frequencies, RF, LO and IF, which relate this equivalent circuit to the observed performance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 14, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106156

Entities

People

  • Maurice J. Aghion

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beam Leads
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuits
  • Connectors
  • Construction
  • Design Criteria
  • Equivalent Circuits
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Geometry
  • Impedance
  • Low Pass Filters
  • Measurement
  • Networks
  • Oscillators
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Resistance

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