Comparison of fourth-harmonic and combined doubler/subharmonic mixer with integrated MMIC based local oscillator
Date
2019Author
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena
Version
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Impact
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10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8874548
Abstract
In this paper a comparison between a fourth harmonic mixer and a combined doubler/subharmonic mixer based on Schottky diodes working at 300 GHz with MMIC Local Oscillator (LO) integrated in a single enclosing is presented. Both configurations allow reducing the LO requirements, since a lower LO frequency is used. In addition, the integration of the MMIC Local Oscillator with the mixer in the same ...
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In this paper a comparison between a fourth harmonic mixer and a combined doubler/subharmonic mixer based on Schottky diodes working at 300 GHz with MMIC Local Oscillator (LO) integrated in a single enclosing is presented. Both configurations allow reducing the LO requirements, since a lower LO frequency is used. In addition, the integration of the MMIC Local Oscillator with the mixer in the same single metallic block is the main novelty and advantage of this work. Since only one block is used, flange connections are avoided. This way, misalignment errors are also prevented. Besides this advantage, the compactness of this solution is also remarkable, leading to a significant weight reduction. [--]
Subject
Mixers,
Local oscillators,
Harmonic analysis,
Schottky diodes,
Prototypes,
Power harmonic filters,
Temperature measurement
Publisher
IEEE
Published in
2019 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 1-6 September, Paris, 2019, pp. 1-2
Departament
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
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Sponsorship
The authors would like to thank financial support by the Spanish MINECO, Project No. TEC2013-47753-C3-1-R and Project No. TEC2016-76997-C3-1-R.