Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Frequency modifying or conversion
Patent
1996-07-12
1998-11-03
Faile, Andrew
Telecommunications
Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter
Frequency modifying or conversion
455330, 327355, H04B 126
Patent
active
058323767
ABSTRACT:
Mixers assemblies including mixer cells, baluns, quadrature mixers and image reject mixers, etc. The mixer cell may contain CPW strip RF input and slot line strip LO input. LO signal return is provided through a flip-chip mounted to a mixer contact area and the CPW RF input is preferably coupled to the contact area through a distributed or flip-chip mounted capacitor. The use of two mixer cells in novel embodiments of quadrature and image reject mixers is disclosed. CPW to slot line power dividing baluns for use within and without such mixers are also disclosed.
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Faulkner Mark V.
Henderson Bert C.
Mohwinkel Clifford A.
Adamson Steven J.
Anderson Edward B.
Endgate Corporation
Faile Andrew
Onuaku Christopher
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