DocumentCode
2851036
Title
A 10GHz 2.8dB gain passive mixer in 0.18um CMOS technology
Author
Meaamar, Ali ; Wei Meng Lim ; Gu, Jiangmin ; Liu, Yang ; Kok Meng Lim ; Yeo, Kiat Seng ; Ma, Jian Guo ; Yang, Walan ; Yan, Jinna ; Wang, Kepinp ; Boon, Chirn Chye
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
fYear
2011
fDate
17-18 Nov. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
In this paper, a 10GHz high conversion gain (normally passive mixer is loss) passive mixer is proposed. By proper sizing of LO switches and matching network, the mixer is implemented in standard 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The mixer down-converts a 10 GHz RF frequency to an IF frequency of 1 GHz. An LO power of 0dBm is required to obtain a maximum conversion gain of 2.8dB. It is therefore possible to use the proposed mixer in a receiver without a LNA, a popular architecture in today´s ultra low power communication systems.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; mixers (circuits); CMOS technology; IF frequency; LO switches; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 10 GHz; gain 2.8 dB; matching network; passive mixer; size 0.18 mum; ultra low power communication systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2011 International Conference of
Conference_Location
Tianjin
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1998-1
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EDSSC.2011.6117694
Filename
6117694
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