In this study, two different types of 90-degree hybrid mixers were designed and analyzed in an ISM (industrial, scientific, and medical) 2.4 GHz band. The first is a general type; the other, a low-distortion type. For the low-distortion type, the 1-dB compression point and the third interception point are increased about 3-dB. The proposed mixers have a major shortcoming with a significant pena...

A regression model for simulating residence time distribution (RTD) of turbulent flows in helical static mixers is proposed and developed to predict the residence time distribution in static mixers. An efficient method is required to estimate the RTD and the sole means of achieving this is through detailed regression model. The RTD was calculated numerically by regression model. The results of ...

AbstructWe report on the development of low-noise quasioptical SIS mixers for the frequency range 400-850 GHz. The mixers utilize twin-slot antennas, two-junction tuning circuits, and Nb-trilayer junctions. Fourier-transform spectrometry has been used to verify that the frequency response of the devices is well predicted by computer simulations. The 400-850 GHz frequency band can be covered wit...

Residual phase noise from local oscillators (LO) can be degraded by additive noise of on-chip local oscillator drivers/buffers in integrated circuit mixers. Reciprocal mixing of strong RF signals with the LO noise degrades the receiver sensitivity. Specification and evaluation of the LO noise degradation in integrated mixers will enable a system designer to compute the loss of sensitivity in th...

We consider the mixing of similar, cohesionless granular materials in quasi-two-dimensional rotating containers by means of theory and experiment. A mathematical model is presented for the flow in containers of arbitrary shape but which are symmetric with respect to rotation by 180 degrees and half-filled with solids. The flow comprises a thin cascading layer at the flat free surface, and a fix...

Wheat flour dough is a rheologically complex viscoelastic material, whose unique time-dependent properties depend on the quality of the flour, the available moisture, and the extent to which the dough is mixed. The rheological properties developed in dough during mixing are governed by the rate, amount, and type of deformation applied. As a result, dough mixers have evolved into highly complex ...

Passive mixers have insertion loss that requires compensation in either the RF or IF gain stages to establish the overall desired receiver noise figure performance. For these passive mixers, the user must not only consider the third-order input intercept points (IIP3), but should also consider the output third-order intercept point (OIP3) when comparing the performance to integrated mixers. Pas...

We present an investigation into optimizing micromixer design for enhancing dielectrophoretic (DEP) microconcentrator performance. DEP-based microconcentrators use the dielectrophoretic force to collect particles on electrodes. Because the DEP force generated by electrodes decays rapidly away from the electrodes, DEP-based microconcentrators are only effective at capturing particles from a limi...

Metadata, the “data about the audio data” that travels along with the multichannel audio bitstream in Dolby Digital, makes life easier for broadcasters while also increasing the creative ability of audio mixers. For broadcasters, audio metadata now means they have a set-and-forget solution, instead of monitoring, compressing, and adjusting levels all over the plant. For audio mixers, this means...