A subharmonic graphene FET mixer
Journal article, 2012
We demonstrate a subharmonic resistive graphene FET (G-FET) mixer utilizing the symmetrical channel resistance vs. gate voltage characteristic. A down-conversion loss of 24 dB is obtained with fRF=2 GHz, fLO=1.01 GHz and fIF=20 MHz in a 50 Ω impedance system. Unlike the conventional subharmonic resistive FET mixers, this type of mixer operates with only one transistor and does not need any balun at the LO port which makes it more compact.
microwave mixers
subharmonic resistive mixers
FETs
heterodyne receivers
Graphene
Author
Omid Habibpour
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Serguei Cherednichenko
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Josip Vukusic
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Klas Yhland
SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB
Jan Stake
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
IEEE Electron Device Letters
0741-3106 (ISSN) 15580563 (eISSN)
Vol. 33 1 71-73 6071025Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Infrastructure
Nanofabrication Laboratory
Subject Categories
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/LED.2011.2170655