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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Manuscript received February 20, 1998. This work was supported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Keywords

Planar
Receiver
Schottky diode
Subharmonic mixer

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