E- to K-band GaAs Sub-Harmonic Mixer Design and Characterization
- Pace L.
- Longhi P. E.
- Ciccognani W.
- Colangeli S.
- Deborgies F.
- Limiti E.
Publication date
January 2022
DOI Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.Abstract
The design and test of an E-band (81-86 GHz) down-converter mixer for satellite communications is given in this contribution. The selected topology is the sub-harmonically pumped mixer. The MMIC is designed with VMS's 100 nm GaAs pHEMT technology. Characterization of the mixer shows 13-16 dB conversion loss, 40 dB rejection to LO pump and other intermodulation products at IF port, and simulated IIP3 of +14 dBm
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