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The diagram in Fig. 8C9 shows a simplified RADAR mixer circuit using a crystal diode as the first detector. What is the output of the circuit when no echoes are being received?

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The diagram in Fig. 8C9 shows a simplified RADAR mixer circuit using a crystal diode as the first detector. What is the output of the circuit when no echoes are being received?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Mixer circuits in marine radar – how the received echo signal and local oscillator signal combine in a nonlinear device (diode) • Intermediate frequency (IF) – the difference between the transmitted/local oscillator frequency and the received echo frequency • What happens in a mixer diode when one of the inputs (echo) is missing

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• Think about what a mixer actually produces from its inputs – sum and difference frequencies of the signals fed into it. What signals are present when there is no echo? • Is there still any RF or local oscillator signal at the mixer, even when no targets are present on the scope? How does that affect the output? • Consider whether the crystal diode can generate an output IF frequency with only one signal applied instead of two.

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• Identify which frequency in the choices looks like a difference (IF) frequency between the radar operating frequency and the local oscillator frequency typically used in X‑band radar problems like this. • Decide whether a continuous-wave (CW) output can exist at the IF if only the local oscillator is present at the mixer input. • Confirm whether a nonlinear device like a diode mixer can produce the stated outputs without a second input signal (the echo).

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Question 1 of 20

The diagram in Fig. 8C9 shows a simplified RADAR mixer circuit using a crystal diode as the first detector. What is the output of the circuit when no echoes are being received?

60 MHz CW.

4095 MHz CW.

4155 MHz CW.

No output is developed .

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Question 1 / 20xDDEYtRHhWDuONugm0IH

Question 1 of 20xDDEYtRHhWDuONugm0IH

The diagram in Fig. 8C9 shows a simplified RADAR mixer circuit using a crystal diode as the first detector. What is the output of the circuit when no echoes are being received?

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The diagram in Fig. 8C9 shows a simplified RADAR mixer circuit using a crystal diode as the first detector. What is the output of the circuit when no echoes are being received?

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