Submitted by elm4010 on May 27, 2021 - 12:15pm
| Title | Self-oscillating mixing technique and its application to low-cost receiver architectures – Technique de mélange auto-oscillant et application pour les architectures de récepteurs à faibles coûts |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2006 |
| Authors | Winkler SA, Wu K., Stelzer A. |
| Journal | 2006 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Type of Article | Invited Best Paper Award |
| Abstract | Self-oscillating mixers (SOMs) are an excellent choice for low-cost modern receiver architectures, because both the oscillating source and the mixer are combined in one single device. Moreover, subharmonic operation reduces LO frequency requirements and therefore provides a very good choice for millimeter-wave systems. In this paper, a fully-balanced SOM structure at high harmonics with high conversion gain is presented. The balanced structure provides inherent RF-LO isolation and suppression of harmonics and noise as well as it removes the input balun from the design, which permits integration into a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) |