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Wiley, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 4(36), p. 320-323, 2003

DOI: 10.1002/mop.10754

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Application of CAD load-pull techniques in mixer design

Journal article published in 2003 by Arturo Velázquez, Antoni Lázaro Guillén, Lluís Pradell i. Cara, Adolfo Comerón Tejero ORCID
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Abstract

This work describes the application of a commercial CAD software to implement load-pull techniques in the design of microwave mixers. This method is used to generate conversion-loss regions when a diode is pumped and operated as a mixer circuit. Emphasis is placed on the inclusion of image and out-of-band terminations to optimize the operating conditions required to obtain low conversion loss. An X-band 5-dB conversion-loss mixer is designed and tested using this method. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 36: 320–323, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10754