Low-Power Linear Bulk-Injection Mixer for Wide-Band Applications

High IIP3; CMOS integrated circuits; Electric inverters; Phase comparators; Product design; Double balanced mixers; Intermediate frequencies; Inverter-based; Low Power; Radiofrequency signals; Third order intermodulation products; Wideband applications; Mixers (machinery)

Abstract :

[en] A novel high third-order intermodulation product (IIP3), low-power, inverter-based bulk-injection mixer design is presented in this letter. The architecture of the proposed mixer consists of four complementary MOS (CMOS) inverters that are connected to form a double-balanced mixer. Radio frequency (RF) signals are applied to the input of the inverters, while local oscillator (LO) signals are applied directly to the bulk voltage terminals of the inverters. The proposed mixer achieves a IIP3 of 0 dBm, a 3-dB RF bandwidth that spans 1 GHz to 6 GHz with an intermediate frequency (IF) of 100 MHz. © 2016 IEEE.

Disciplines :

Electrical & electronics engineering

Author, co-author :

Bhatt, D.; IITB-Monash Research Academy, IIT Bombay, India

Mukherjee, J.; Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India

Redouté, Jean-Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Systèmes microélectroniques intégrés

Language :

English

Title :

Low-Power Linear Bulk-Injection Mixer for Wide-Band Applications

Publication date :

2016

Journal title :

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

ISSN :

1531-1309

eISSN :

1558-1764

Publisher :

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

828-830

Peer reviewed :

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