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From lumped‐element circuits to monolithic integrated circuits: A contribution to RF and microwave mixer design
Author(s) -
Waldow Peter,
Neuhaus Birgit,
Beyer Adalbert
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.20090
Subject(s) - microwave , electronic circuit , transmission line , monolithic microwave integrated circuit , integrated circuit , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , ultra high frequency , telecommunications , cmos , amplifier
This article deals with the mixer design for UHF‐, microwave‐ and millimeter‐wave applications. Thereby, several aspects such as the chosen technology (lumped elements, hybrid‐ or monolithic integration) and the applied transmission line (printed circuits, strip‐, slot‐ or coplanar line) are considered. During the course of this contribution, the authors point out the developments in mixer design from lumped‐element circuits to monolithic integrated circuits on the example of research activities in Duisburg and Kamp‐Lintfort, Germany. The results of these scientific investigations, regarding both the theoretical and experimental aspects, show the feasibility of the proposed techniques. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2005.