Performance comparison between a surface‐volume hybrid integrated mixer and a surface integrated mixer

Abstract

Two mixers using a “surface‐volume” hybrid integration approach and a “surface” integration approach are designed and fabricated. Their performances are compared with different measurement methods. Experiment results show that this so‐called surface‐volume hybrid integration approach demonstrates advantages when compared with a monotonous integration approach under certain circumstances. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:1015–1019, 2014