Calculation of the Parameters of a Subharmonic Mixer on a Resonant Tunneling Diode

摘要

The effect of the width and composition of the layers of a resonant tunneling diode on its properties as an active element of a subharmonic mixer is investigated. The dependence of the conversion losses of a sub-harmonic mixer with a resonant tunneling diode on the local oscillator power and other parameters is calculated. The standing wave ratios of the mixer at the signal and oscillator inputs are estimated, and the dependence of the optimum oscillator power on the shape of the Ⅰ-Ⅴ characteristic of the resonant tunneling diode is determined.