Development of a low cost microwave mixer using a broad-band Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) coupler

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-86

  Chen, Ji Xin ^b   Hong, Wei ^a,b   Hao, Zhang Cheng ^b   Li, Hao ^b   Wu, Ke ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversion loss; Coupler; Single balanced mixer; Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WAVEGUIDES;

CONVERSION LOSS; COUPLER; SINGLE-BALANCED MIXER;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 33144486484     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.863199     Document Type: Article

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