Optoelectronic mixing in MMIC W-band self-oscillating mixer

被引:5
作者
Roberts, MJ [1 ]
Bourhill, N [1 ]
Iezekiel, S [1 ]
Steenson, DP [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leeds, Inst Microwaves & Photon, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
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10.1049/el:19980671
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel 77GHz MMIC self-oscillating mixer for wireless systems has: been designed and used in optoelectronic up-converting applications. The mixer uses a single pseudomorphic high-electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) to achieve photodetection, oscillation, doubling and mixing. A 100MHz RF signal (modulated onto all 85nm laser) is photodetected by the pHEMT and is mixed to W-band using th second harmonic of the self-oscillation at 38GHz. A conversion gain (from electrical baseband to electrical carrier) of 3.6dB has been achieved.
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页码:904 / 905
页数:2
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