Mixer theory

Mixer-Preamp Noise

A. R. Kerr

Electronics Division Technical Note No. 198, 18 Jun 2004.

Sideband Calibration of Single-Output Sideband-Separating SIS Receivers

A. R. Kerr

Electronics Division Technical Note No. 196, 6 Jan 2004.

Saturation by Noise and CW Signals in SIS Mixers

A. R. Kerr

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Harvard University, pp. 11-22, 26-28 March 2002. ALMA Memo 401, 14 Dec 2001.

Mixer-preamp design using MMICAD

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

MMA Memo 249, 6 Feb 1999.

Design of planar image-separating and balanced SIS mixers

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 207-219, 12-14 March 1996. MMA Memo 151.

SIS Mixer Analysis with Non-Zero Intermediate Frequency

S.-K. Pan and A. R. Kerr

Seventh International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 12-14 March 1996. ALMA Memo 150.

Some fundamental and practical limits on broadband matching to capacitive devices, and the implications for SIS mixer design

A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-43, no. 1, pp. 2-13, Jan. 1995. See also MMA Memo 103 Sep 1993.

Embedding Impedance Approximations in the Analysis of SIS Mixers

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and S. Withington

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 590-594, April 1993.

Saturation of the SIS mixer

M. J. Feldman, S.-K. Pan, and A.R. Kerr

International Superconductivity Electronics Conference, Tokyo, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 290-292, Aug. 1987.

SIS mixer design by frequency scaling

A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, and S.-K. Pan

Electronics Division Internal Report No. 267, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, April 1987.

A General Numerical Analysis Program for the Superconducting Quasiparticle Mixer

R. G. Hicks, M. J. Feldman, and A.R. Kerr

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Technical Memorandum 86145, July 1986.

A General Numerical Analysis of the Superconducting Quasiparticle Mixer

R. G. Hicks, M. J. Feldman, and A.R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. MAG-21, no. 2, pp. 208-211, March 1985.

A Comparison of the Measured and Theoretical Performance of a 140-220 GHz Schottky Diode Mixer

P. H. Siegel, A. R. Kerr and R. J. Mattauch

IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 549-551, June 1984.

Computer Analysis of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Mixers

P. H. Siegel and A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-28, no. 3, pp. 275-276, March 1980.

Noise and Loss in Balanced and Subharmonically Pumped Mixers, Part 1 - Theory" and "...Part 2 - Application

A.R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-27, no. 12, pp. 938-950, Dec. 1979.

A user oriented computer program for the analysis of microwave mixers, and a study of the effects of the series inductance and diode capacitance on the performance of some simple mixers

P. H. Siegel and A. R.. Kerr

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Tech. Memo. no. 80324, July 1979.

Noise and Conversion Loss Analysis of Two-Diode Subharmonically Pumped and Balanced Mixers

A. R. Kerr

IEEE International Microwave Symposium Digest, pp. 17-19, May-June 1979.

Shot Noise in Resistive-Diode Mixers, and the Attenuator Noise Model

A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Tech., vol. MTT-27, no. 2, Feb. 1979.

Conversion Loss and Noise of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Mixers: Part 1 - Theory

D. N. Held and A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-26, no. 2, pp. 49-55, Feb. 1978.

A Technique for Determining the Local Oscillator Waveforms in a Microwave Mixer

A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-23, no. 10, pp. 828-831, Oct. 1975.

Cryogenic Cooling of Mixers for Millimeter and Centimeter Wavelengths

S. Weinreb and A. R. Kerr

IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol. SC-8, no. 1, pp. 58-63, February 1973.

Cryogenic Cooling of Millimeter and Centimeter Mixers

S. Weinreb and A. R. Kerr

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Digest of Technical Papers, Volume: XV , pp. 162 -163, February 1972.