On the frequency response symmetry of diode mixers

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2458-2461

  Moulthrop, Andrew A ^a   Muha, Michael S ^a   Silva, Christopher P ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency response symmetry; Mixer; Mixer diode; Mixer measurement; Mixer modeling; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DIODE MIXERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE SYMMETRY; MIXER MEASUREMENT; MIXER MODELING; RECIPROCITY; VOLTAGE-VARIABLE JUNCTION CAPACITANCE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 29244446016     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.858105     Document Type: Article

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