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Folded mixer cell.
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Yiqiang Wu, Zhigong Wang, Jian Xu, Jian Wang, Ouli Zhang, Lu Tang. Design of a novel mixer with high gain and linearity improvement for DRM/DAB applications[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2013, 34(1): 015005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/1/015005
Y Q Wu, Z G Wang, J Xu, J Wang, O L Zhang, L Tang. Design of a novel mixer with high gain and linearity improvement for DRM/DAB applications[J]. J. Semicond., 2013, 34(1): 015005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/1/015005.
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Design of a novel mixer with high gain and linearity improvement for DRM/DAB applications
doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/1/015005
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Abstract
This paper focuses on a new design of a down-conversion mixer for a low-IF wideband receiver. Based on the folded structure and differential multiple gated transistor (DMGTR) technique, a novel quadrature mixer with a high conversion gain, a moderate linearity, and a moderate NF is proposed. The mixer is designed and implemented in a 0.18-μm CMOS process, and can operate in a frequency range from 150 kHz to 1.5 GHz. The circuit performance is confirmed by both simulation and measurement results. The measurement results exhibit a peak conversion gain of 13.35 dB, a high third order input referred intercept point of 14.85 dBm, and a moderate single side band noise figure of 10.67 dB. Moreover, the whole quadrature mixer core occupies a compact die area of 0.122 mm2. It consumes a current of 3.96 mA (excluding the output buffers) under a single supply voltage of 1.8 V.-
Keywords:
- down-conversion mixer,
- folded structure,
- DMGTR,
- high gain,
- low NF
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References
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