The double balance mixer scheme in-phase signal input and double-quadrature Local Oscillator (LO) is suggested for application on IQ direct conversion receivers. The influence of the gain and phase mismatches of splitters is investigated. It is shown that a similar scheme using square-law detectors is promising on optical applications. Introduction The increasing interest in direct conversion r...

In this paper, we describe the design, fabrication, and the performance of a low-noise dual-polarized quasi-optical superconductor–insulator–superconductor (SIS) mixer at 550 GHz. The mixer utilizes a novel cross-slot antenna on a hyperhemispherical substrate lens, two junction tuning circuits, niobium trilayer junctions, and an IF circuit containing a lumped element 180 hybrid. The antenna con...

This work gives a design perspective on low-power and wideband RF-to-Baseband current-reuse receivers (CRR). The proposed CRR architecture shares single supply biasing current among both LNTA baseband circuits to reduce power consumption. discusses topology selection suitable procedure of the low noise transconductance amplifier (LNTA), down-conversion passive-mixer, active-inductor (AI) TIA ci...

The 23rd and 31st harmonics of a microwave signal generated in a novel THz balanced Schottky diode mixer were used as a frequency stable reference source to phase lock solid-nitrogen-cooled 2.324 and 2.959 THz QCLs. Hertz level frequency stability was achieved, which was maintained for several hours. Steady improvements in THz QCL performance over the last decade [1] has generated considerable ...

In this paper various mixers are defined for CDMA applications . Using CMOS makes easier for mixers to act on same chip with other digital and analog circuits . The topologies we are defining are dual gate mixers , back gate mixers, single balanced current switching mixers and back end mixers . The backgate mixer utilizes the inherent lateral bipolar transistor in CMOS. Device simulations were ...