67–116 GHz single sideband Schottky-based receiver operating at room temperature
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Thomas, B.; Gibson, H.; Freerksema, J. H.; Walber, A.; Yagoubov, P.
- Source
- 2016 Global Symposium on Millimeter Waves (GSMM) & ESA Workshop on Millimetre-Wave Technology and Applications Millimeter Waves (GSMM) & ESA Workshop on Millimetre-Wave Technology and Applications, 2016 Global Symposium on. :1-3 Jun, 2016
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Receivers
Amplitude modulation
Mixers
Temperature measurement
Radio frequency
Frequency measurement
Temperature distribution
Schottky diode
sideband separating receiver
fundemantal balanced mixer
- Language
Ihis paper describes the design and development of a single-sideband receiver using semiconductor Schottky and MMIC technology operating at room temperature from 67 GHz to 116 GHz to meet the extended frequency range of ALMA Band 2&3 simultaneously. Special care has been taken to design a fundamental balanced mixer that is sensitive from cut-off frequency up to second propagation mode of the WR-10 waveguide. Preliminary measured receiver noise temperature in the range of 3000–6000 K SSB is obtained at room temperature, in relatively good agreement with the predictions, assuming a sideband separation better than 10 dB.