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Fin-Line Balanced Mixer Design for Ku-band Tracking Radar Receiver

Fin-Line 구조의 Ku대역 추적레이더 수신단용 평형 믹서 설계

  • Received : 2018.04.20
  • Accepted : 2018.08.15
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we designed and fabricated the frequency mixer, which is the core parts of high frequency head in Ku-band tracking radar. To overcome the problem of single-ended and single-balanced resistive structure, we designed the fine-line structure with balanced mixer, to generate IF signal without distortion in L-band, after receiving the RF signal of the Ku-band. The prototype mixer showed a Noise Figure Max of 6.823dB, Gain of 4.1598~4.676dB and Band Pass of 61MHz in 5 Ku-band samples frequency.

본 논문에서는 Ku대역 추적레이더의 핵심부품인 고주파 헤드 내 주파수 믹서(혼합기)의 설계 및 제작 결과에 대해서 다룬다. 단일종단(Single-Ended) 및 단일평형(Single-Balanced) 믹서의 단점을 보완하기 위해서, Fine-Line 구조의 평형(Balanced) 믹서를 설계하여 낮은 변환손실 특성을 가지도록 하였으며, Ku대역 RF신호를 입력받아 L밴드 IF신호를 생성하도록 하였다. 제작된 믹서에 대해서 Ku밴드 5개 샘플주파수를 대상으로 실험한 결과, 최대 잡음지수(Noise Figure Max) 6.823dB, 이득(Gain) 4.159dB ~ 4.676dB, 통과대역(Band Pass) 61MHz의 값을 확인하였다.

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