{"title":"Three-port conversion scattering parameters characterization for microwave mixers","authors":"H. Cao, R. Weber","doi":"10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616824","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We present a method for characterizing three-port (RF, IF, image) conversion scattering parameters for microwave mixers. A diplexer is used to separate the image signal from the IF signal. The de-embedding and un-terminating methods have been used for calculating the scattering-parameter matrix. The conversion scattering parameters have been obtained at different local-oscillator (LO) power levels for a commercial microwave mixer. We also show how the termination of the image signal will affect the conversion loss of the microwave mixer.","PeriodicalId":118637,"journal":{"name":"2008 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616824","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We present a method for characterizing three-port (RF, IF, image) conversion scattering parameters for microwave mixers. A diplexer is used to separate the image signal from the IF signal. The de-embedding and un-terminating methods have been used for calculating the scattering-parameter matrix. The conversion scattering parameters have been obtained at different local-oscillator (LO) power levels for a commercial microwave mixer. We also show how the termination of the image signal will affect the conversion loss of the microwave mixer.