Noise in Mixers

Mixer-Preamp Noise

A. R. Kerr

Electronics Division Technical Note No. 198, 18 Jun 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.

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.

The measured and computed performance of a 140-220 GHz Schottky diode mixer

P. H. Siegel and A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-32, no. 12, pp. 1579-1590, December 1984.

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.

Conversion Loss and Noise of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Mixers: Part 2 - Experiment

D. N. Held and A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-26, no. 2, pp. 55-61, Feb. 1978.

Analysis of Noise in Room-Temperature Millimeter-Wave Mixers

D. Held and A. R. Kerr

IEEE International Microwave Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 483-486, 1977

Low-noise room-temperature and cryogenic mixers for 80-120 GHz

A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-23, no. 10, pp. 781-787, Oct. 1975.

Room Temperature and Cryogenic Mixers for 80-120 GHz

A. R. Kerr

Electronics Division Internal Report No. 145, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, July 1974.

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.