RF Mixers
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چکیده
The two signals inserted into the two input ports are usually the Local Oscillator signal, and the incoming (for a receiver) or outgoing (for a transmitter) signal. To produce a new frequency (or new frequencies) requires a nonlinear device. In a mixing process if we want to produce an output frequency that is lower than the input signal frequency, then it is called down-conversion and if we want to produce an output signal that is at a higher frequency than the input signal, it is referred to as up-conversion.
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