Dual Function Mixer Circuit for Millimeter Wave Transceiver Applications

• Published in: Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 78 - 81
• Main Authors: Chu, A., Courtney, W.E., Mahoney, L.J., Manfra, M.J., Calawa, A.R.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: MTT007 1985
• Subjects: Capacitors; Coupling circuits; Insertion loss; Local oscillators; Microstrip filters; Millimeter wave circuits; Schottky diodes; Transceivers; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas

A monolithic mixer circuit capable of performing either a receiver or transmitter function has been fabricated. The mode of operation is determined by applying either forward bias or reverse bias to a pair of mixer diodes. The circuit integrates Schottky-barrier diodes, bias lines, Ta/sub 2/O/sub 5/...