Double balanced resistive mixer for mobile applications

Author

Circa, Radu ; Pienkowski, Dariusz ; Bock, Georg

Author_Institution

Microwave Eng. Group, Berlin Univ. of Technol., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

17-19 May 2004

Firstpage

347

Abstract

We present a double balanced resistive mixer for mobile applications using a 0.35 μm MOSFET technology. The mixer has been designed for direct conversion receivers, with RF- and IF-frequency ranges of 2-3 GHz and DC to 50 MHz, respectively. Excellent performance has been achieved. Typical values are 6 dB conversion loss, 6.5 dB noise figure, 7 dBm 1 dB power compression, 16 dBm third order intercept point, and 50 dB isolation between all ports. The mixer does not consume DC-power and the needed LO-voltage amplitude is 1 V typical. No low frequency noise was detectable down to 10 kHz. We report on the design strategy and present simulated and measured results.

Keywords

MOS integrated circuits; UHF mixers; mobile handsets; radio receivers; 0 to 50 MHz; 0.35 micron; 1 V; 2 to 3 GHz; 6 dB; 6.5 dB; IF frequency; MOSFET technology; RF frequency; direct conversion receivers; double balanced resistive mixer; mobile applications; Capacitance; Costs; Design engineering; Impedance; Inductance; Low-frequency noise; MOSFET circuits; Mixers; Mobile communication; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2004. MIKON-2004. 15th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

83-906662-7-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2004.1356942

Filename

1356942