Title :
Monolithic RF active mixer design
Author :
Fong, Keng Leong ; Meyer, Robert G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An overview of monolithic radio-frequency (RF) active mixer design is presented. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the performance parameters that are relevant to the design of downconversion mixers, and how they affect the system performance. The second part presents three common kinds of mixer topologies, namely, unbalanced, single-balanced, and double-balanced designs. This paper concentrates on active mixers only, The advantages and disadvantages, as well as the design and optimization techniques for the three kinds of mixers, are discussed
Keywords :
UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit design; circuit optimization; double-balanced design; downconversion mixer; monolithic RF active mixer design; single-balanced design; topology; unbalanced design; Circuit topology; Design optimization; Filters; Radio frequency; Receivers; Semiconductor device noise; Silicon; System performance; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
