Highly linear IQ downconverter for reconfigurable wireless receivers

Author

Dufrêne, Krzysztof ; Weigel, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electron. Eng., Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Erlangen

fYear

2005

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

22

Abstract

This paper describes a design of an active, low voltage, reconfigurable IQ downconversion mixer based on a current-mode output architecture. The I/Q mixer, fabricated in 0.13 mum RF CMOS technology, operates at 1.5 V with a moderate current consumption of 8 mA. It achieves an out-of-band input-referred 1 dB compression point of -7 dBVrms (+6 dBm in 50 Omega system) and an out-of-band IIP3 of +2 dBVrms (15 dBm), enabling its utilization in multi-band, multi-standard receivers with decreased RF selectivity. Experimental results confirm the superior large signal handling capabilities of the mixer

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; 0.13 mum; 8 mA; RF CMOS technology; current-mode output architecture; highly linear IQ downconverter; reconfigurable IQ downconversion mixer; reconfigurable wireless receivers; Baseband; CMOS technology; Design engineering; Filters; Linearity; Low voltage; Multiaccess communication; Radio frequency; Resistors; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology, 2005. The European Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-1-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2005.1617644

Filename

1617644