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V-band MIMIC Quadruple Subharmonic Mixer Using Cascode Harmonic Generator  

An Dan (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Lee Mun Kyo (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Jin Jin Man (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Go Du Hyun (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Lee Sang Jin (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Kim Sung Chan (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Chae Yeon Sik (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Park Hyung Moo (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Shin Dong Hoon (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
Rhee Jin Koo (Millimeter-wave Innovation Technology Research center)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC / v.42, no.5, 2005 , pp. 55-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
A V-band MIMIC quadruple subharmonic mixer is reported in this paper. The cascode harmonic generator is proposed for a high conversion gain. The proposed cascode harmonic generator is shown with a 4-th harmonic output characteristic that represents an average of 2.9 dB and a maximum of 4 dB higher than the conventional multiplier. The measured result of the subharmonic mixer has a conversion gain of 3_4 dB which a good conversion gain at a LO power of 13 dBm. Isolations of LO-to-IF and LO-to-RF were obtained -53.6 dB and -46.2 dB, respectively. The conversion gain of the subharmonic mixer in this study has a higher conversion gain compared with some other reports in millimeter-wave range.
Keywords
Cascode; MIMIC; Subharmonic mixer; Conversion gain;
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