Kits and Parts Mixers

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Kits and Parts Mixers Features in Common

  • All Ports are 50Ω
  • +7dBm Local Oscillator Injection Design
  • Full Diplexer at the IF Port
  • Optional Attenuators for RF & LO Ports
  • Available as bare PCB or kit of parts

My Typical Applications

Kits and Parts ADE-1 Mixer

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Toroid Winding Direction

  • Toroids needs to be wound to match the pad locations/offsets on the PCB

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ADE-1 Schematic

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Performance

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Port VWSR

  • Measured VSWR of 2.23 at 9 MHz with NanoVNA matches spec nicely

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Kits and Parts Diode Mixer

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Bridged Tee Diplexer

Diplexor is a bandpass/band-stop filter popularized by Joe Reisert W1JR that is used after a double Balanced Mixer to provide a 50 ohm termination to all frequencies at the mixer's IF port, and to the following amplifier stage. Maintaining a consistent load at the mixer avoids overload and Inter-Modulation Distortion (IMD) effects that these mixers are prone to when not properly terminated.

LTSpice simulation

  • 9 MHz
  • FT37-67, 20T-12" = 8 uH
  • T37-17, 13T-10" = 250 nH
  • C2 adjusts peak from left to right

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Measurements

  • NanoVNA
  • No RF in
  • LO driven by NanoVNA Tx
  • IF output to NanoVNA Rx
  • IF at 9 MHz
    • VSWR: 2.233
    • S21 Gain: -67 dB

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  • NanoVNA
  • No LO in
  • RF driven by NanoVNA Tx
  • IF output to NanoVNA Rx
  • IF at 9 MHz
    • VSWR: 2.216
    • S21 Gain: -42 dB

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