{"title":"A single MESFET down-converter for TVRO application","authors":"J. L. Cáceres, J. Perez","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.1988.22147","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A compact downconverter for use in TV receive-only (TVRO) receivers is presented. The circuit consists of an image-rejection filter and a self-oscillating mixer performing as a block which converts RF into IF signals. The downconverter's features are fully comparable to those of conventional structures, with the additional advantage that only one MESFET is required, leading to a more compact and reliable design. Average results on a band of 800 MHz (10.95-11.75 GHz with a local oscillator frequency of 10 GHz) gives a conversion gain of 4.5 dB, 8-dB single-sideband (SSB) noise figure, and more than 40-dB image rejection.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":339513,"journal":{"name":"1988., IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"1988., IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.1988.22147","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A compact downconverter for use in TV receive-only (TVRO) receivers is presented. The circuit consists of an image-rejection filter and a self-oscillating mixer performing as a block which converts RF into IF signals. The downconverter's features are fully comparable to those of conventional structures, with the additional advantage that only one MESFET is required, leading to a more compact and reliable design. Average results on a band of 800 MHz (10.95-11.75 GHz with a local oscillator frequency of 10 GHz) gives a conversion gain of 4.5 dB, 8-dB single-sideband (SSB) noise figure, and more than 40-dB image rejection.<>