Technical Articles on Mixers

Aug 1, 2018

An RF Mixer is a 3 port device with an RF Port, LO Port, and IF Port. Isolation is a measure of the amount of power that leaks from one port of the mixer to another. The Higher the isolation between t...read more

What is Conversion Loss?

Aug 1, 2018

Conversion loss in a mixer is the difference in the power level of the input signal and the output signal. It is usually expressed as a positive number in decibels.In a mixer used for upconversion,&nb...read more

What is a Triple Balanced Mixer?

Peter McNeil

Jul 12, 2017

Single, double, and triple-balanced mixer architectures are designed to optimize the electrical performance, cost, complexity, and technology limitations of a fabrication process. Hence, mixer archite...read more

What is the Dynamic Range of a Mixer?

Jun 18, 2019

The Dynamic Range of a mixer is the signal power range (in dB) over which the mixer will operate properly i.e it is the ratio of highest signal level a device can handle, in dB relative to 1 mW of pow...read more

What is a Harmonic Mixer?

Hugh Hancock, Senior Design Engineer

Farran

A harmonic mixer is a type of mixer that uses a harmonic number of the applied local oscillator (LO) to mix with a radio frequency (RF) signal to generate an intermediate frequency (IF). The most comm...read more

What are Image Reject Mixers?

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What are Microlithic Mixers?

What is a Sub-Harmonic Mixer?

Farran

Sub-Harmonic mixers (SHM) can be considered a sub-set of the Harmonic mixer category. They are designed to work using the second harmonic of the applied local oscillator (LO) to mix with the radio fre...read more

What are Sub-Harmonic Mixers?

What are IQ Mixers?

Aug 9, 2024

In RF and microwave systems, traditional mixers, also known as single-ended mixers, are fundamental for frequency conversion. However, these mixers face significant limitations that can impede system ...read more

What are RF Mixers?