• DocumentCode
    1514907
  • Title

    CMOS 138 GHz low-power active mixer with branch-line coupler

  • Author

    Dong-Hyun Kim ; Jae-Sung Rieh

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng., Korea Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    554
  • Lastpage
    555
  • Abstract
    A 138 GHz down-conversion mixer with a branch-line coupler has been developed based on a 90 nm CMOS technology. The fabricated mixer shows a differential conversion gain of 3.7 dB with the mixer core drawing a current 0.66 mA from a 1.2 V supply. The 1 dB gain compression point is estimated to be larger than 6 dBm. The mixer occupies 0.61 0.62 mm2 of chip area excluding pads.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; millimetre wave mixers; CMOS low-power active mixer; branch-line coupler; current 0.66 mA; differential conversion gain; frequency 138 GHz; gain 1 dB; gain 3.7 dB; mixer; size 90 nm; voltage 1.2 V;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2012.0402
  • Filename
    6198515
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1514907