摘要:
A mixer separates IF components IF1, IF2 of the same frequency which are images of different frequency RF signals RF1, RF2 beating with a given LO signal. The LO signal is applied to a FET active power divider and applied to the drains of a pair of balanced FET mixing elements. The FETs for the active power divider are built from the same device structure as the FETs for the mixing elements sharing drain nodes. The RF signals are passed through a quadrature phase shifter and applied to the gates of the FET mixing elements. The mixed signals appear at the drains of FET mixing elements are applied to opposing ports of a second quadrature hybrid at whose output ports the separated IF output signals IF1, IF2 appear.
摘要:
High and low pass filters are coupled to a power divider to create a multi-phase hybrid. The high and low pass filters, and the power divider, are all lumped element for compatibility with MMIC circuitry. The power divider may output, to the high and low pass filters, signals having equal or unequal amplitudes. Similiarly, the high and low pass filters may output signals having equal or unequal phases.
摘要:
A signal mixing apparatus comprising first and second four port signal splitting/combining networks having no relative phase shift between three ports and 180.degree. of phase shift between the remaining ports, coupled to a four port mixer element. The mixer element has two ports coupled to the first signal splitter/combiner network and having another two ports coupled to the second splitter/combiner, RF and LO signals input to the first splitter/combiner do not appear at the IF output from the second splitter/combiner or vice versa. The RF/IF signals cancel and the LO signal is trapped by a resonant circuit within the mixer. The RF and IF frequency bands may overlap.
摘要:
An integrated circuit is formed from a first layer of conductive material (30) which is separated from a second layer of conductive material (39) by a layer of dielectric material (36). The first layer of conductive material (30) is patterned to form a first plate (32, 59) of a capacitor (22, 50, 62, 72). An electrical interconnect (33, 63) is formed within the first plate (32, 59), respectively. A via (37) is formed in the layer of dielectric material (36). A second layer of conductive material (39) is patterned to form a second plate (42, 56, 66, 76) of the capacitor (22, 50, 62, 72) and a planar spiral inductor (21, 51, 61, 71). The planar spiral inductor (21, 51, 61, 71) is surrounded by the second plate (42, 56, 66, 76) of the capacitor (22, 50, 62, 72).
摘要:
An integrated circuit is formed from a first layer of conductive material (30) which is separated from a second layer of conductive material (39) by a layer of dielectric material (36). The first layer of conductive material (30) is patterned to form a first plate (32, 59) of a capacitor (22, 50, 62, 72). An electrical interconnect (33, 63) is formed within the first plate (32, 59), respectively. A via (37) is formed in the layer of dielectric material (36). A second layer of conductive material (39) is patterned to form a second plate (42, 56, 66, 76) of the capacitor (22, 50, 62, 72) and a planar spiral inductor (21, 51, 61, 71). The planar spiral inductor (21, 51, 61, 71) is surrounded by the second plate (42, 56, 66, 76) of the capacitor (22, 50, 62, 72).
摘要:
A broadband 180 degree hybrid having lumped or semi-lumped elements is comprised of a network of low and high pass filters. A 180 degree phase differential is obtained by splitting an input signal from a first input. A first portion of the split signal is passed through a low pass filter and a second portion is passed through a high pass filter. The phase differential is maintained at 180 degrees. A zero (0) degree phase differential is obtained by splitting an input signal from a second input and passing both portions through a pair of low pass filters or through a pair of high pass filters.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for a probeable substrate substitute for a calibration standard and test fixture. The probestrate includes a dielectric substrate having first and second dielectric substrate surfaces and at least one conductive via hole through the dielectric substrate from the first dielectric substrate surface to the second dielectric substrate surface. A first metalized layer is in contact with the first dielectric substrate surface and the at least one conductive via hole. A second metalized layer is in contact with a first portion of the second dielectric substrate surface and with the at least one conductive via hole. The first and second test ports contact a second portion of the second dielectric substrate surface. An electronic device can be connected to the first and second test ports with bond wires for characterization via contact of the first and second test ports with standard test station equipment.
摘要:
An apparatus for mixing electrical signals including in combination: first signal splitting means having a radio frequency (RF) port and first, second, third and fourth signal ports, second signal splitting means having a local oscillator (LO) port and first, second, third and fourth signal ports, intermediate frequency (IF) port, and mixer element means, the mixer element means coupled to the first, second, third, and fourth signal ports of the first and second signal splitting means and coupled to the intermediate frequency port means, for mixing two of the RF, IF, and LO signals to produce the remaining signal.
摘要:
A mixer (50) separates IF components IF1, IF2 of the same frequency which are images of different frequency RF signals RF1, RF2 beating with a given LO signal, by combining a 180.degree. phase shift input (56) for the LO signal (53) and a 90.degree. phase shift input (66) for the RF signals (63) which are coupled to opposed ports (N1/N2; N3/N4) of a four port diode ring (70) and an output four port quadrature phase shifter (80). The diode ring (70) generates IF signals (71, 72) which are fed to opposed input ports (75, 76) of the output phase shifter (80) at whose other ports (81, 82) the separated image signals IF1, IF2 appear.
摘要:
A method for creating a four-port quadrature coupler suitable for monolithic implementation which involves connecting two ports of a balun, suitable itself for implementation in monolithic microwave integrated circuits, to two separate phasing networks. A device exhibiting the proper four-port quadrature coupler characteristics within a MMIC structure results, with wide bandwidth exceeding one octave.