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The task of this master’s thesis is design and implementation subharmonic mixer for the microwave band. Subharmonic mixer is based on the principle of antiparallel diode. In the first two parts are theoretically described mixers (subharmonic mixer) and topology suitable for implementation. Another work describes the design subharmonic mixer. The proposal is implemented in the program Ansoft designer. DPS is created in Eagle or in Ansoft Designer. The mixer is designed and implemented first on the lower frequency and consequently at higher frequencies (24,048 GHz and 47,088 GHz). Work also includes the measurement results of the mixer.

The task of this master’s thesis is design and implementation subharmonic mixer for the microwave band. Subharmonic mixer is based on the principle of antiparallel diode. In the first two parts are theoretically described mixers (subharmonic mixer) and topology suitable for implementation. Another work describes the design subharmonic mixer. The proposal is implemented in the program Ansoft designer. DPS is created in Eagle or in Ansoft Designer. The mixers are designed and implemented first on the lower frequency and consequently at higher frequencies (24,048 GHz and 47,088 GHz). Work also includes the measurement results of the mixers.

The complexity of vehicular communication and radar sensing becomes increasingly complex with the growing demand for advanced driver-assistant systems in the automotive industry. Researchers are currently looking into combining communication and sensing by utilizing traditional communication waveforms in the mmWave radar bands to mitigate congestion and inter-radar interference. This thesis investigates a local-oscillator (LO) phase-shifting architecture to simplify the implementation of D-band (110–170 GHz) phased arrays for such applications. The constructed signal chain includes four 8–12-GHz voltage-controlled analog phase shifters, each mounted on the LO feed of a quadrature subharmonic upconverter, and a four-channel slot antenna. Through careful calibration of the analog control voltages, the 100-MHz baseband feed, and the LO distribution, antenna measurements in an anechoic chamber resulted in a beambook with antenna diagrams at seven angles from −30° to +30°. The gain was between 10.78 dB and 12.80 dB relative to the gain of one element, and the sidelobe levels were less than 8.9 dB. / Fordononsindustrins ökade efterfrågan på avancerade assistansystem gör framtidens kommunikation och radaravkänning allt mer komplex. Forskare undersöker just nu möjligheten att integrera kommunikation och radar genom att använda traditionella vågformer på millimetervågsfrekvenser för att förhindra nätverksträngsel och interferens mellan närliggande sensorer. Detta examensarbete undersöker möjligheten att fasstyra en radarantenn genom att skifta fasen på sändarens lokaloscillator (LO) och på så sätt förenkla konstruktionen av fasade gruppantenner på D-bandet (110–170 GHz). Signalkedjan bestod av fyra spänningsstyrda 8–12 GHz-fasskiftare, var och en monterade på LO-matningen till en subharmonisk mixer, samt en fyrkanals slitsantenn. Genom noggrann kalibrering av kontrollspänningar, 100 MHz-basbandsmatning och LO-distribution kunde antennmätningar i en ekofri kammare påvisa de önskade antenndiagramen för sju vinklar mellan −30° och +30°. Förstärkningen i förhållande till ett antennelement var mellan 10.78 dB och 12.80 dB och sidlobsnivåerna var lägre än 8.9 dB.