A Novel 94-GHz MHMET-Based Diode Mixer Using a 3–dB Tandem Coupler
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- 12 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
- Vol. 18 (9) , 626-628
Abstract
We report a high-performance 94-GHz monolithic millimeter-wave integrated-circuit diode mixer using metamorphic high-electron mobility transistor (MHEMT) diodes and a coplanar waveguide tandem coupler. A novel single-balanced structure of diode mixer is proposed in this paper, where a 3-dB tandem coupler with two sections of parallel-coupled line and air-bridge crossover structures are used for wide frequency operation. The fabricated mixer exhibits excellent local oscillator-radio-frequency (LO-RF) isolation, greater than 30 dB, in the 5-GHz bandwidth of 91-96 GHz. A good conversion loss of 7.4 dB is measured at 94 GHz. The proposed MHEMT-based diode mixer shows superior LO-RF isolation and conversion loss to those of the W-band mixers reported to date.Keywords
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