• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 40, Issue 1, 33 (2021)
Jie XU1、3、*, Zheng-Bin XU1, Jian GUO1, Cheng QIAN1、**, and Di-Xian ZHAO2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves,Southeast University.Nanjing 210096,China
  • 2National Mobile Communication Research Laboratory,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,China
  • 3Purple Mountain Laboratories,Nanjing 211111,China
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.01.006 Cite this Article
    Jie XU, Zheng-Bin XU, Jian GUO, Cheng QIAN, Di-Xian ZHAO. A broadband millimeter-wave sub-harmonic mixer using microstrip passive circuits[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(1): 33 Copy Citation Text show less
    The circuit topology of the proposed sub-harmonic mixer
    Fig. 1. The circuit topology of the proposed sub-harmonic mixer
    Simulated S parameters of the proposed diplexer
    Fig. 2. Simulated S parameters of the proposed diplexer
    The proposed RF band pass filter (a) Geometry view, (b) Simulated S parameters
    Fig. 3. The proposed RF band pass filter (a) Geometry view, (b) Simulated S parameters
    Photograph of the fabricated sub-harmonic mixer
    Fig. 4. Photograph of the fabricated sub-harmonic mixer
    Measured conversion loss versus RF frequency at different IF frequencies (a) USB at IF of 1 GHz and 6 GHz (b) USB and LSB at IF of 1 GHz
    Fig. 5. Measured conversion loss versus RF frequency at different IF frequencies (a) USB at IF of 1 GHz and 6 GHz (b) USB and LSB at IF of 1 GHz
    Measured USB conversion loss versus IF frequency at different LO frequencies (a) Down-conversion (b) Up-conversion
    Fig. 6. Measured USB conversion loss versus IF frequency at different LO frequencies (a) Down-conversion (b) Up-conversion
    Measurement results of LO-to-RF and LO-to-IF isolations as a function of LO frequency
    Fig. 7. Measurement results of LO-to-RF and LO-to-IF isolations as a function of LO frequency
    ReferenceRF frequency /GHz

    IF frequency

    /GHz

    Conversion gain/dBTechnology
    #[8]35 to 42DC to 0.5<-7.2MMIC
    *[9]28 to 50DC to 1-11 to -6.6MMIC
    *[12]90 to 100DC to 4-11 to -8hybrid MIC
    #[13]24 to 441 (fixed)6 to 10.5MMIC
    #*This work27 to 48DC to 6-11.2 to -7.5hybrid MIC
    Table 1. Comparison of reported similar sub-harmonic mixers
    Jie XU, Zheng-Bin XU, Jian GUO, Cheng QIAN, Di-Xian ZHAO. A broadband millimeter-wave sub-harmonic mixer using microstrip passive circuits[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(1): 33
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