The present invention relates to a mixer circuit and method of frequency transformation, wherein an input signal is switched in accordance with a first local oscillator signal and in …
AP Nash, S Brett - US Patent 6,317,590, 2001 - Google Patents
A sub-harmonically pumped mixer has an anti-parallel diode pair switchable at twice the local oscillator frequency. Preferably, there are provided dual anti-parallel diode pairs. The …
R Tenenholtz - US Patent 3,706,042, 1972 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE One disclosed embodiment of the invention is a bal anced mixer which receives an input signal and a local oscillator signal, and generates an …
DH Steinbrecher - US Patent 4,230,956, 1980 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to the art of controlling diode switches by an rf signal and, more speci? cally, to circuits, such as mixers …
TS Saad - US Patent 3,532,989, 1970 - Google Patents
Two output hybrid mixers each have an input port coupled to a respective output port of an input hybrid having a pair of inputs respectively energized by signal and local oscillator …
L Breems, Q Sandifort, H Schuurmans - US Patent App. 10/571,635, 2006 - Google Patents
The invention relates to a mixer circuit, a receiver comprising a mixer circuit, and a method of mixing an input signal with an oscillator signal. A mixer circuit 300 according to the invention …
MG Kim, SW Kang, EG Oh, JJ Lee - US Patent 6,411,801, 2002 - Google Patents
Zafman (57) ABSTRACT A double balanced active mixer is used for compensating an asymmetric characteristic of complementary radio fre quency signals, to thereby improve …
H Gill - US Patent 6,275,689, 2001 - Google Patents
The double-balanced mixer includes a diode ring (D1, D2, D3, D4) with respective balancing circuit portions for a local oscillator signal (LO) and a high frequency signal (RF) …
FJ Cerny Jr, GD Helm, RG Wesoloski - US Patent 4,369,522, 1983 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND ART singly-balanced passive mixers have been used in prior art microwave systems where a pair of mixer diodes has been symmetrically fed'by balanced compo nents …