• DocumentCode
    1241582
  • Title

    A 10–35 GHz Low Power Bulk-DrivenMixer Using 0.13 \\mu m CMOS Process

  • Author

    Kuo, Chun-Lin ; Huang, Bo-Jr ; Kuo, Che-Chung ; Lin, Kun-You ; Wang, Huei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Grad., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    455
  • Lastpage
    457
  • Abstract
    10-35 GHz doubly balanced mixer using a 0.13-mum CMOS foundry process is presented in this letter. Using the bulk-driven topology, the number of transistors of the doubly balanced mixer is reduced; thus the mixer can achieve a low supply voltage and low power consumption. This bulk-driven mixer exhibits a measured conversion gain of -1 plusmn 2 dB from 10 to 35 GHz of radio frequency (RF) with a fixed intermediate frequency (IF) of 100 MHz. The measured local oscillation (LO) to IF and RF-IF isolations are better than 30 dB. The chip area of the mixer is 0.6 times 0.4 mm2. The total power consumption included output buffer is only 6 mW.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; active networks; baluns; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; millimetre wave mixers; CMOS foundry process; MMIC; RF-IF isolations; active mixer; bulk-driven topology; conversion gain; doubly balanced mixer; fixed intermediate frequency; frequency 10 GHz to 35 GHz; low power bulk-driven mixer; low power consumption; low supply voltage; measured local oscillation; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; power 6 mW; size 0.13 mum; size 0.4 mm; size 0.6 mm; Active mixer; CMOS; low-power; monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1531-1309
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LMWC.2008.924925
  • Filename
    4538239