diode mixer meaning

• [Electronics]
  A frequency converter that operates
  via the nonlinearity of semiconductor diodes.
  diode noise limiter A noise limiter circuit having
  one or more biased diodes.
  

• Inexpensive AM radios still use diode mixers.
• The most popular are Gilbert cell mixers, diode mixers, diode ring mixers ( ring modulation ) and switching mixers.
• Diode mixers take advantage of the non-linearity of diode devices to produce the desired multiplication in the squared term.

• "diode mixer" meaning in Chinese: 二极管混合器
• "diode mixer" meaning in Japanese: ダイオード?ミキサー
• "diode mixer" meaning in Russian: диодный смеситель