MILLIMETER WAVE MICROSTRIP MIXER BASED ON GRAPHENE

In this work, a millimeter wave microstrip frequency-mixer design based on graphene is presented. The desired frequency mixing behavior is obtained using a nonlinear component consisting in a microstrip line gap covered by a graphene layer. The circuit includes microstrip fllters that have been designed to obtain a high isolation between the input and output ports. The nonlinear behavior of the frequency mixer has been experimentally evaluated in the 38.6{40GHz input signal frequency range, for difierent values of the input power and local oscillator power.

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