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Application of CAD load_pull techniques in mixer design
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Author:
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Velázquez, A.; Lázaro Guillén, Antoni; Pradell i Cara, Lluís; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo
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Other authors:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RF&MW - Grup de Recerca de sistemes, dispositius i materials de RF i microones |
Abstract:
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This work describes the application of a commercial CAD software to implement load-pull techniques in the design of microwave mixers. This method is used to generate conversion-loss regions when a diode is pumped and operated as a mixer circuit. Emphasis is placed on the inclusion of image and out-of-band terminations to optimize the operating conditions required to obtain low conversion loss. An X-band 5-dB conversion-loss mixer is designed and tested using this method. |
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Peer Reviewed |
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Circuits de microones, radiofreqüència i ones mil·limètriques -Computer-aided design -Microwave mixers -circuit CAD -microwave mixers -equivalent circuits -nonlinear network synthesis -losses -Schottky diode mixers -CAD load-pull techniques -mixer design -commercial CAD software -microwave mixers -conversion-loss regions -pumped diode -nonlinear diode model -image terminations -out-of-band terminations -low conversion loss -X-band mixer -5 dB -CAD -Microones -- Mescladors |
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Article |
Published by:
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JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
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