A 0.13um double balanced mixer for 3.2-4.8GHz IR-UWB applications

Author

Pantoli, L. ; Stornelli, V. ; Leuzzi, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, L´´Aquila, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

3-4 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper we presents a high linearity CMOS up/down conversion double balanced mixer for Impulse Response Ultrawide Band (IR-UWB) applications with a 3.2-4.8 GHz operating frequency. The proposed mixer is intended for high performance, low power integrated UWB communication systems. In particular, the simulated parameters of the proposed mixer make this device particularly suited for cellular radio applications. The mixer is based on a “Gilbert cell” multiplier configuration and polyphase filters in order to generate LO quadrature signals around in the desired bandwidth.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; cellular radio; filters; low-power electronics; mixers (circuits); multiplying circuits; optical communication; ultra wideband communication; Gilbert cell multiplier configuration; IR-UWB application; LO quadrature signal; cellular radio application; frequency 3.2 GHz to 4.8 GHz; high linearity CMOS up/down conversion double balanced mixer; impulse response ultrawide band; low power integrated UWB communication system; polyphase filter; size 0.13 mum; Bandwidth; Complexity theory; Mixers; Phase modulation; Radio frequency; Gilbert cell; Mixer; Ultra Wide Band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits (INMMIC), 2012 Workshop on

Conference_Location

Dublin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2950-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2948-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INMMIC.2012.6331946

Filename

6331946