Planar Diode Solid-State Receiver for 557 GHz with State-of-the-Art Performance

J. E. Oswald; T. Koch; I. Mehdi; A. Pease; R. J. Dengler; T. H. Lee; D. A. Humphrey; M. Kim; P. H. Siegel; M. A. Frerking; N. R. Erickson

doi:10.1109/75.678575

Planar Diode Solid-State Receiver for 557 GHz with State-of-the-Art Performance

J. E. Oswald, T. Koch, I. Mehdi, A. Pease, R. J. Dengler, T. H. Lee, D. A. Humphrey, M. Kim, P. H. Siegel, M. A. Frerking, N. R. Erickson

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Abstract

The design and performance of a subharmonically pumped (SHP) 557-GHz mixer driven by a solid-state local oscillator (LO) are reported. Whisker contacts are not required as both the mixer and LO utilize planar Schottky devices. A measured mixer noise temperature of 2100-K double sideband (DSB) with a conversion loss of 8.9 dB has been achieved at room temperature. The mixer exhibits broad intermediate frequency (IF) bandwidth with measured DSB noise temperatures below 3400 K in the band from 1.5 to 17 GHz. An external 6-18-GHz amplifier has been added to the output of the mixer, and measured receiver noise temperatures below 7300 K have been measured across the IF band. The results are believed to represent state-of-the-art performance for a room-temperature broad-band solid-state receiver at this frequency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	232-234
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters
Volume	8
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/75.678575
Publication status	Published - 1998 Jun

Keywords

Planar
Receiver
Schottky diode
Subharmonic mixer

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