Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Frequency modifying or conversion
Patent
1982-05-07
1983-11-29
Ng, Jin F.
Telecommunications
Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter
Frequency modifying or conversion
455328, 455330, H04B 126
Patent
active
044184298
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a mixer for use at high microwave frequencies (typically 21.8.times.23.2 GHz) in a low cost communications application. The invention utilizes low cost microwave components, including a low cost compartmented waveguide, shared by the signal and local oscillator and extensive microstrip circuitry. The provision of a pair of novel 1/4 wave impedance transformers coupled into the waveguide compartments provides efficient antenna and local oscillator input filtering, and efficient coupling from the waveguide sections to the microstrip circuitry. The mixer operation is carried out in the microstrip circuitry, which contains a hybrid coupler, a balanced diode detector, and the required mixer output filter. The arrangement is of low cost, and provides a low noise figure (7 db including the preamplifier), good band selectivity (15 db return loss over the communications band), and low local oscillator radiation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3943450 (1976-03-01), Otremba
patent: 4000469 (1976-12-01), McMaster
patent: 4348773 (1982-09-01), Caroli
"A 20-GHz Integrated Balanced Mixer" by Araki et al., Jul. 1971.
Baker Carl W.
General Electric Company
Lang Richard V.
Ng Jin F.
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