固定IF下转换双平衡混合器的设计,用于UHF频段应用
Trusha Kared1,2, Helga Silaghi3, Matthias Rudolph1
1Radio Frequency and Microwaves Techniques Department, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, 03046 Cottbus, Germany.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 13, 2025
概括
本研究介绍了用于蜂基站,卫星通信和军事雷达的高动态范围SiGe HBT混合器. 它提供了卓越的性能,低噪声和高转换收益在广泛的频率范围.
科学领域:
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 无线电频率 (RF) 工程
- 半导体设备 半导体设备
背景情况:
- 高动态范围混合器对于现代无线通信系统至关重要.
- 现有的混合器设计往往面临着在线性,噪声性能和隔离方面的局限性.
- SiGe HBT 技术为高频模拟电路设计提供了优势.
研究的目的:
- 介绍一款基于SiGe HBT的新型双平衡下转换差异混合机.
- 为了实现高动态范围和卓越的性能指标要求高的应用程序.
- 通过广泛的操作频段进行全面的测量来验证设计.
主要方法:
- 混合器包括一个单端到微分平衡的射频阶段,带有双反线性化.
- 关键组件包括局部振荡器 (LO) 球,LO混合芯和固定中间频率 (IF) 调节电路.
- 制造和测试使用SiGe异极连接双极晶体管 (HBT) 技术进行.
主要成果:
- 实现了单侧带 (SSB) 噪声值约为7 dB ± 0.4 dB.
- 在0.5GHz至1.8GHz频段中获得了大约12dB±1dB的转换增益.
- 证明了出色的隔离 (>35dB RF-to-IF,>50dB LO泄漏) 和返回损失 (>8dB RF/LO,>18dB IF).
结论:
- 开发的SiGe HBT混合器表现出高动态范围和出色的线性,由 +4.7dBm的第三阶拦截点证明.
- 混合器的性能指标符合蜂基站,SATCOM和军事雷达的严格要求.
- 这种设计代表了高性能射频应用的混合器技术的重大进步.
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