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US4592095A
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Microwave FET mixer arranged to receive RF input at gate electrode
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1984-03-26
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Granted: 1986-05-27
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Expires: 2004-03-26
Abstract
Abstract In a GaAs FET microwave mixer, a gate of the FET is used to receive a radio frequency input signal, while a source of the same is used to inject a local oscillator signal therethrough so as to develop an intermediate frequency signal at a drain of the FET. The mixer of the invention comprises, in addition to such an FET, first and second particular circuits respectively connected to the source, where the first circuit is arranged to exhibit a short-circuited impedance at a frequency band of the radio frequency input signal, and the second circuit is arranged to exhibit an open-circuited impedance at a frequency band of the local oscillator signal. The first and second circuits may be actualized by distributed constant circuits, such as stubs, or by lumped constant circuits, such as resonance circuits.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Ohnishi
- 👤 Sadahiko Yamashita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-11-04 09:31
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03D; H03D9/00; H03D9/06; H03D9/0658; H03D9/0675; H03D2200/00; H03D2200/0001; H03D2200/0025; H03D2200/0027; H03D7/00; H03D7/12; H03D7/125
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A microwave mixer comprising: (a) a field effect transistor having a gate for receiving a radio frequency input signal, a source for receiving a local oscillator signal, and a drain for outputting an intermediate frequency signal produced as the result of mixing of said radio frequency input signal and said local oscillator signal; (b) a first circuit connected directly to said source for exhibiting a short-circuited impedance at a frequency band of said radio frequency input signal; and (c) a second circuit connected to said source for exhibiting an open-circuited impedance at a frequency band of said local oscillator signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A microwave mixer comprising: (a) a field effect transistor having a gate for receiving a radio frequency input signal, a source for receiving a local oscillator signal, and a drain for outputting an intermediate frequency signal produced as the result of mixing of said radio frequency input signal and said local oscillator signal; (b) a first circuit connected directly to said source for exhibiting a short-circuited impedance at a frequency band of said radio frequency input signal; and (c) a second circuit connected to said source for exhibiting an open-circuited impedance at a frequency band of said local oscillator signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first circuit comprises a stripline of open-end type which has an electrical length of a quarter-wave at said frequency band of said radio frequency input signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second circuit comprises a stripline of short-end type which has an electrical length of a quarter-wave at said frequency band of said local oscillator signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first circuit comprises a series resonance circuit arranged to resonate at said frequency band of said radio frequency input signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second circuit comprises a parallel resonance circuit arranged to resonate at said frequency band of said local oscillator signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said field effect transistor is a GaAs field effect transistor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a trap connected to said drain for rejecting said radio frequency input signal and said local oscillator signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radio frequency input signal matching circuit connected to said gate for supplying said gate of said field effect transistor with said radio frequency signal therethrough.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an intermediate frequency matching circuit responsive to said intermediate frequency signal from said drain of said field effect transistor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
A microwave mixer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a local osicllator signal matching circuit responsive to said local oscillator signal so that said local oscillator signal is fed via said local oscillator signal matching circuit to said source of said field effect transistor.
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