Low cost, plastic encapsulated mixers for C/X-band applications

Two new plastic encapsulated passive mixers operating in the C- and X-bands are presented in this paper. One mixer is a narrowband design, covering the 4.5 to 6 GHz range, while the other mixer is broadband, covering 4.5 to 9 GHz. The narrowband/broadband mixers feature a conversion loss of 6/8 dB,...

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Published inGaAs IC Symposium. IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 20th Annual. Technical Digest 1998 (Cat. No.98CH36260) pp. 131 - 134
Main Authors Trantanella, C., Shifrin, M., Bedard, B.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1998
Subjects
Circuit topology
Costs
Dielectrics
Mixers
MMICs
Narrowband
Plastics
Radio frequency
Schottky diodes
Semiconductor process modeling
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Summary:Two new plastic encapsulated passive mixers operating in the C- and X-bands are presented in this paper. One mixer is a narrowband design, covering the 4.5 to 6 GHz range, while the other mixer is broadband, covering 4.5 to 9 GHz. The narrowband/broadband mixers feature a conversion loss of 6/8 dB, an LO to RF isolation of 30/20 dB, and an IF frequency response out to 1.6/2.5 GHz. These designs are the first reported realizations of plastic encapsulated, passive mixers operating in the C/X-bands.
ISBN:9780780350496
0780350499
ISSN:1064-7775
2379-5638
DOI:10.1109/GAAS.1998.722647