A Subharmonic Mixer Using a Planar Doped Barrier Diode with Symmetric Conductance
Abstract
Planar doped barrier (PDB) diodes with symmetric I-V characteristics have been successfully used in a subharmonically-pumped coplanar stripline mixer circuit. A conversion loss around 6 dB has been measured using a 1.2 GHz local oscillator at a pump power of 7 dBm and a 2 GHz signal frequency for large area, 100 nanometer diameter PDB mesa diodes. The particular advantages of this device structure are that a single PDB replaces two critically matched Schottky barrier diodes in conventionally balanced mixers, and the PDB's designable barrier height reduces the local oscillator power requirement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA126842
Entities
People
- R. J. Malik
- S. Dixon
Organizations
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Command