MixerWithLO (Mixer with Internal Local Oscillator)

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Name	Description	Units	Default
ZRef	Reference impedance for all ports	Ohm	50
DesiredIF	Desired mixer IF output signal (used for Budget analysis only)	None	RF plus LO
ConvGain	Conversion gain, use x + j × y, polar(x,y), dbpolar(x,y) for complex value	None	dbpolar(0,0)
SP11	Port 1 reflection, use x + j × y, polar(x,y), dbpolar(x,y), vswrpolar(x,y) for complex value	None	polar(0,0)
SP22	Port 2 reflection, use x + j × y, polar(x,y), dbpolar(x,y), vswrpolar(x,y) for complex value	None	polar(0,180)
NF	Double sideband noise figure	dB	1
ReferToInput	Specify gain compression with respect to input or output power of device: OUTPUT=refer to output; INPUT=refer to input	None	OUTPUT
SOI	Second order intercept	dBm	1000
TOI	Third order intercept	dBm	1000
LO_Freq	Mixer local oscillator frequency	GHz	1

ZRef > 0
DesiredRF = 0 (RF plus LO), 1 (RF minus LO)
SPij > 0 (ij=11; 22)
NF ≥ 0 dB
LO_Freq > 0

MixerWithLO is a two port mixer model with internal oscillator.
This component is a schematic design that uses internal models for Mixer2 and I_1Tone. The schematic design is shown here:
See documentation for the internal components Mixer2 and I_1Tone for their usage detail.
The internal Mixer2 model has parameter SideBand=BOTH. This MixerWithLO outputs both the RF+LO and RF-LO sidebands. However, there is no RF or LO leakage.
Internal to the Mixer2 model, the NF parameter is used to set the Mixer2 parameters for NFmin=NF, Sopt=0, and Rn=max( ZRef/4 × (10^NF/10-1), tinyreal), where tinyreal is an internal simulator value for the smallest real value allowed.
For use with Budget Analysis, the DesiredRF parameter identifies which of the output sidebands is to be tracked for Budget measurements.
Regarding SOI and TOI, the MixerWithLO must be output-matched in order to validate SOI and TOI.
By default, SOI and TOI are blank resulting in no nonlinearity. TOI may be set without setting SOI. However, if SOI is set, then setting TOI is required. For more information about SOI and TOI, refer to the Mixer2 component documentation.
Examples demonstrating this model use in a Budget analysis are located in the ADS Examples area at: $HPEESOF_DIR/examples/Tutorial/RF_Budget_Examples_prj. See Budget_Mixer.dsn.