Design of a millimeter-wave third-harmonic mixer using substrate integrated waveguide balun

[摘要] A planar millimeter-wave third-harmonic mixer with low conversion loss is proposed. The mixing circuit consists of a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) balun, a pair of diodes, a diplexer and microstrip matching circuit. The mixer is ideal for use as down-converter and up-converter. For a fixed intermediate frequency (IF) of 2 GHz, the mixer has an up-conversion loss of 14.5–15.6 dB and a down-conversion loss of 14–15.6 dB over the radio frequency (RF) band of 38–47 GHz. For a fixed local oscillation (LO) frequency of 13 GHz, the mixer has a conversion loss of 10–15.8 dB over the IF frequency band of DC-6.4 GHz. The proposed mixer offers an effective and low-cost solution for millimeter-wave applications.

[学科分类] 电子、光学、磁材料

[关键词] millimeter-wave;third-harmonic mixer;substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) balun;down-conversion and up-conversion