Diode power detector DC operating point in six-port communications receivers

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2007-12
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Winter, Sebastian M.  
Ehm, Henning J.  
Kölpin, Alexander  orcid-logo
Weigel, Robert  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/5639
Start Page
795
End Page
798
Article Number
4405312
Citation
European Microwave Conference (EUMC 2007)
Contribution to Conference
European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2007  
Publisher DOI
10.1109/EUMC.2007.4405312
In this paper a diode power detector circuit is investigated for application in a six-port communications receiver. The diode behavior is modeled by the fundamental diode equation, which is solved for the output DC operating point applying an expansion theorem of modified Bessel functions for the exponential function. The results are compared with a Harmonic Balance system simulation and the closely matching results show that the assumptions made to find the numerical solution hold true. © 2007 EuMA.
Subjects
DC operating point
Schottky diode frequency converters
Schottky diode power detectors
Six-port communications receiver