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

N. V. Alkeev

Received March 5, 2002

Abstract—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 deter-
mined.

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