• DocumentCode
    2824185
  • Title

    1.25V direct-conversion CMOS transmitter front-end for 900MHz ZigBee applications

  • Author

    Yang, Moon-Su ; Oh, Seung-Min ; Lee, Sang-Gug

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. & Commun. Univ., Daejeon, South Korea
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-30 Dec. 2003
  • Firstpage
    1220
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a very low power direct-conversion up-mixer and driver amplifier. The designed mixer is based on the typical Gilbert-cell, and the driver amplifier uses a folded cascode topology to improve the linearity under the low supply voltage. The fabricated up-mixer shows 5.5dB of conversion gain and 7.5dBm of output IP3, and the driver amplifier shows 17dB of power gain and 12dBm of output IP3. The up-mixer and driver amplifier consume 4.5mA and 2mA from 1.25V supply, respectively.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; UHF amplifiers; driver circuits; low-power electronics; mixers (circuits); transmitters; 1.25 V; 17 dB; 2 mA; 4.5 mA; 5.5 dB; 900 MHz; CMOS transmitter front-end; Gilbert cell; Zigbee applications; direct conversion up-mixer; driver amplifier; folded cascode topology; low supply voltage; Driver circuits; Frequency conversion; Linearity; Low voltage; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transceivers; Transmitters; ZigBee;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2003 IEEE 46th Midwest Symposium on
  • ISSN
    1548-3746
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8294-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2003.1562514
  • Filename
    1562514