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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2012.16.2.127

Single Balanced Monolithic Diode Mixer using Marchand Balun for Millimeter-wave Applications

Ryu, Keun-Kwan (Dept. of EE, Hanbat National University)
Kim, Sung-Chan (Dept. of EE, Hanbat National University)

Publication Information

Journal of IKEEE / v.16, no.2, 2012 , pp. 127-130 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this paper, we reported on a single balanced monolithic diode mixer using Marchand balun for millimeter-wave applications. The single balanced monolithic mixer was fabricated using drain-source-connected pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) diodes considering the PHEMT MMIC full process. The average conversion loss is 16 dB in the RF frequency range of 81~86 GHz at LO frequency of 75 GHz with LO power of 10 dBm. The RF-to-LO isolation characteristics are greater than -30 dB and the total chip size is $1.0mm{\times}1.35mm$ .

Keywords

diode mixer; marchand balun; single balanced mixer; millimeter-wave; PHEMT;

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