[time-nuts] mixers for frequency measurement

[Don Latham]

Oh dear I had the wrong idea. Thought PIN's were designed for switching.
There is a breed of "ultra-fast" diode for protection in MOSFET
switching circuits like h-bridges. Any better?
Don

Bob Camp
> Hi
>
> PIN = designed to be slow (not so good an idea)
> Avalanche = reverse breakdown (not a good conduction mode, noisy)
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Don Latham
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:22 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] mixers for frequency measurement
>
> Soooo, PIN diodes? avalanche?
> Don
>
> Bob Camp
>> Hi
>>
>> Complicating the matter - the time it takes for the junction to go
>> from
>> full
>> on to full off also contributes to the noise. An ideal mixer would
>> switch
>> instantaneously.... It's always a tradeoff between various noise
>> sources.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of ed breya
>> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:36 PM
>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> Subject: [time-nuts] mixers for frequency measurement
>>
>> Yes, they are Schottkys, just like the ones used in most mixers - but
>> much bigger and slower. They would have to be properly impedance
>> matched, and could be driven to higher power levels, with higher
>> diode conductance, so (I think) much lower noise. Of course,
>> amplifying up to higher power will add noise, so it's not "free" in
>> that respect.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> Stefan wrote:
>> 1N5817 are schottky diodes. Wouldn't they saturate much earlier than
>> a 2N2222A? If saturation is the right word with a schottky diode...
>>
>> I wrote:
>>  > 5 or 10 MHz could be made even better. I wonder how a ring of
>> matched
>>  > 1N5817s would work at saturated power levels - maybe +20 dBm or so.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL
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