94 GHz MMIC single balanced mixer for FMCW radar sensor application

Abstract

We present a 94 GHz MMIC single balanced mixer using the branch line couplers and 0.1 μm GaAs-based metamorphic high electron mobility transistors (MHEMTs) for FMCW radar sensor application. The mixer was designed in a resistive structure because of no drain bias and low DC currents. Two single ended mixers in the fabricated MMIC single balanced mixer share gate bias circuits. The fabricated mixer shows a conversion loss of 14.7 dB at 94 GHz, and the LO to RF isolation of 34.2 ~ 35.2 dB in LO frequency range of 93.675 ~ 94.275 GHz.