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US 11,063,560 B1Granted
Mixer with series connected active devices
AssigneeHRL Laboratories, LLC
InventorsJongchan Kang, Ara K. Kurdoghlian
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Abstract
A unit cell for a resistive mixer includes a plurality of active devices arranged in series, wherein each of said plurality of active devices having a different output conductance. A resistive mixer includes a plurality of active devices connected in series with one another to form a unit cell.
Claims14
A mixer, having an intermediate frequency (IF) side and a radio frequency (RF) side, the mixer comprising:
- a plurality of unit cells each comprising a plurality of active devices of different sizes arranged in series to reduce or inhibit generation of a non-linear third harmonic by the mixer, the plurality of active devices in each unit cell being connected in series between current carrying electrodes of said active devices while control electrodes of said active devices in each unit cell being connected in parallel.
A method for producing a unit cell used in a mixer, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of active devices of different sizes connected in series in said unit cell wherein the plurality of active devices in the unit cell are connected in series between current carrying electrodes of said active devices while control electrodes of said active devices in each unit cell are connected in parallel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.