The super-Schottky diode microwave mixer

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Appl. Phys. Lett., v. 28, no. 3, pp. 159-162

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88680· OSTI ID:4069377

McColl, M; Pedersen, R J; Bottjer, M F; Millea, M F; Silver, A H; Vernon, Jr, F L

Superconductor-semiconductor (super-Schottky) diodes fabricated from Pb on p-GaAs have been extensively studied as microwave mixers. The measured performance at X-band is 9-dB conversion loss and 1.6 K diode noise temperature, resulting in a mixer noise temperature of 13 K. This result is in good agreement with theory and represents a major advance in low-noise frequency conversion. (AIP)

• Research Organization: Electronics Research Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90245
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-33-023229
• OSTI ID: 4069377
• Journal Information: Appl. Phys. Lett., v. 28, no. 3, pp. 159-162, Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett., v. 28, no. 3, pp. 159-162; ISSN APPLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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