• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2003

In this paper, a sub-harmonic dual-gate FET mixer is suggested to improve the isolation characteristic between LO and RF ports of an unbalanced mixer. The mixer was designed by using single-gate FET cascode structure and driven by the second harmonic component of LO signal. A dual-gate FET mixer has good isolation characteristic since RF and LO signals are injected into gatel and gate2, respectively. In addition, the isolation characteristic of a sub-harmonic mixer is better than that of a fundamental mixer due to the large frequency separation between the LO and RF frequencies. As RF power was -30 ㏈m and LO power was 0 ㏈m, the designed mixer yielded the -47.17 ㏈m LO-to-RF leakage power level, 10 ㏈ conversion gain, -2.5 ㏈m OIP3, -12.5 ㏈m IIP3 and -1 ㏈m 1 ㏈ gain compression point. Since the LO-to-RF leakage power level of the designed mixer is as good as that of a double-balanced mixer, the sub-harmonic dual-gate FET mixer can be utilized instead.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.178-185
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• 1996

In this paper, a theoretical analysis of a wide band distributed mixer using a dual-gate GaAs MESFET's(DGFET) is introduced. Based on low noise mixer mode(LNM) region modeling of DGFET, variation of g/sub m/ and conversion gain are presented versus bias. The distributed mixer is composed of drain and gate transmission line, m-derived image impedance matching circuits at each input and output port, and DGFET's. Through computer simulation, wide-band characteristics of designed distributed mixer are confirmed. And, it is certificated that LO/RF isolation between gate 1 and gate 2 is obtained more than 15dB.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 ITC-CSCC -2
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• pp.1046-1049
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• 2002

In this paper, a sub-harmonic dual-gate FET mixer for IMT-2000 base-station was designed by using single-gate FET cascode structure and driven by the second order harmonic component of LO signal. The dual-gate FET mixer has the characteristic of high conversion gain and good isolation between ports. Sub-harmonic mixing is frequently used to extend RF bandwidth for fixed LO frequency or to make LO frequency lower. Furthermore, the LO-to-RF isolation characteristic of a sub-harmonic mixer is better than that of a fundamental mixer because the frequency separation between the RE and LO frequency is large. As RF power is -30dBm and LO power is 0dBm, the designed mixer shows the -47.17dBm LO-to-RF leakage power level, 10dB conversion gain, -0.5dBm OIP3, -10.5dBm IIP3 and -1dBm 1dB gain compression point.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2005년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.197-200
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• 2005

This paper presents the design of a broadband hybrid mixer using dual-gate FET topology with a low-pass filter which improves return loss of output to isolate RF and LO signal. The low-pass filter shows the isolation whose RF and LO signal is better than 40 dBc at 2 GHz and 5 GHz band. The dual-gate mixer which has been designed by using cascade topology operates when the lower FET is biased in linear region and the upper FET is in saturation. The input matching circuit has been designed to have conversion gain from 2 GHz to 6 GHz. The designed mixer with low-pass filter shows the conversion gain of better than 7 dB from 2 GHz to 6 GHz at a low LO power level of 0 dBm with the fixed IF frequency of 21.4 MHz.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 와이브로와 무선랜 응용을 위한 이중 모우드 FET 믹서를 단일 게이트의 두 개 pHEMT를 캐스코드(cascode)로 연결하여 이중게이트 FET 믹서 형태로 구현하였다. 설계된 이중게이트 믹서는 와이브로와 무선랜 응용에서 DC 전력소모를 최소화하기위해 가변적인 변환이득을 갖도록 최적화되었다. 설계 믹서의 LO-RF간 격리도 특성은 2.3GHz~2.5GHz에서 약 20dB이다. LO신호가 0dBm이고 RF신호가 -50dBm일 때 믹서는 15dB의 변환이득을 갖는다. 수신되는 RF신호가 -50dBm에서 -20dBm까지 증가할 때 변환이득은 15dB에서 -2dB까지 바이어스에 따라 감소하게 된다. 가변 변환이득은 몇 가지 장점이 있다. 즉 IF단에서 AGC의 넓은 동작영역의 부담을 줄일 수 있고, 또한 믹서의 DC전력소모를 약 90% 절약할 수 있다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권12호
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• pp.2286-2292
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• 2011

In this paper we present the design of Low Noise Amplifier(LNA), mixer and filter for RF front-end part of partial discharge monitoring system. The monitoring system of partial discharge in high voltage power machinery is used to prevent many kinds of industrial accidents, and is usually composed of three parts - sensor, RF front-end and digital microcontroller unit. In our study, LNA, mixer and filter are key components of the RF front-end. The LNA consists of common gate and common source-cascaded structure and uses the resistive feedback for broad band matching. A coupled line structure is utilized to implement the filter, of which size is reduced by the meander structure. The mixer is designed using dual gate structure for high isolation between RF and local oscillator signal.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 이중게이트 FET 구조를 이용하여 광대역 하이브리드 믹서를 RF신호와 LO신호를 출력단과 격리하는 저역통과필터와 같이 설계하였다. 저역통과필터는 1.5-5.5GHz에서 RF와 LO신호에 대하여 40dBc의 억압특성을 나타낸다. 이중게이트 FET 믹서는 두 개의 FET를 캐스코드 구조로 연결하여 설계하였으며, 첫번째 FET는 선형영역에서 동작되고 두번째 FET는 포화영역에서 동작한다. 입력매칭은 1.5-5.5GHz에서 높은 변환이득을 갖도록 설계하였다. 설계된 믹서는 IF를 21.4MHz로 고정시키고 0dBm의 국부발진기 전력에서 1.5-5.5GHz 대역에서 7dB이상의 변환이득을 가진다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 DGFET를 이용한 초고주파용 분포형 믹서가 연구되었다. 분포형 믹서 회로는 게이트, 드레인 전송선로와 입, 출력단에서 정합회로 및 DGFET들로 구성된다. RF와 LO신호가 각 게이트 전송선로의 입력 단에 인가되면, DGFET의 전달 컨덕턴스를 통해 드레인 전송선로로 전달되며, 각 드레인단의 출력된 신호들은 설계에 따라 동위상으로 더해지게 되고, 이러한 형태의 믹서는 변환이득을 개선할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 각 소자의 임피던스가 전송선로에 흡수되므로 초광대역을 특성을 갖는다. 또한, 보다 높은 주파수까지 광대역 특성을 갖게 하기 위해서 각 전송선로의 입 출력 단에 m-유도 영상 임피던스 개념을 도입하여 입 출력 단을 정합 하였다, 이러한 분포형 믹서를 마이크로스트립 기판 위에 설계 및 제작하였고 광대역 특성 및 변환이득, RF/LO 분리도 등을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통해 검증하였다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.113-114
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• 2006

In this paper, dual-gate mixer has been designed and optimized to have variable conversion gain for WiBro and WLAN applications and to save power. With the LO power of 0dBm and RF power of -50dBm, the mixer shows 15dB conversion gain. When RF power increases from -50dBm to -20dBm, the conversion gain decreases to -2dB with bias change. The variable conversion gain can reduce the high dynamic range requirement of AGC burden at IF stage. Also, it can save the dc power dissipation of mixer up to 90%.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권5호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1998

A GaAs MMIC composed of VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) and mixer for PCS receiver has been developed using 1.mu.m ion implanted GaAs MESFET process. The VCO consists of a colpitts-type oscillator with a dielectric resonator and the circuit configuration of the mixer is a dual-gate type with an asymmetric combination of LO and RF FETs for the improvement of intermodulation characteristics. The common-source self-biasing is used in all circuits including a buffer amplifier and mixer, achieving a single power supply (3V) operation. The total power dissipation is 78mW. The VCO chip shows a phase noise of-99 dBc/Hz at 100KHz offset. The combined VCO/mixer chip shows a flat conversion gain of 2dB, the frequency-tuning factor of 80MHz/volts in the varacter bias ranging from 0.5V to 0.5V , and output IP3 of dBm at varactor bias of 0V. The fabricated chip size is 2.5mm X 1.4mm.