Balanced Mixers


S. M. X. Claude, C. T. Cunningham, A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan, "Design of a Sideband-Separating Balanced SIS Mixer Based on Waveguide Hybrids," 16 Aug 2000, ALMA Memo 316.


A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger, N. Horner, J. E. Effland, and K. Crady, "A Single-Chip Balanced SIS Mixer for 200-300 GHz," Proceedings of the 11th Int. Symp. on Space Terahertz Tech., Ann Arbor, pp. 251-259, May 1-3, 2000. ALMA Memo 308.


A.R. Kerr, "Noise and Loss in Balanced and Subharmonically Pumped Mixers, Part 1 - Theory" and "...Part 2 - Application," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-27, no. 12, pp. 938-950, Dec. 1979. PDF.


A. R. Kerr, "Noise and Conversion Loss Analysis of Two-Diode Subharmonically Pumped and Balanced Mixers," IEEE International Microwave Symposium Digest, pp. 17-19, May-June 1979. PDF.