A 1.5-V 6-10-GHz Low LO-Power Broadband CMOS Folded-Mirror Mixer for UWB Radio

Author

Chung, H.-W. ; Kuo, H.-C. ; Chuang, H.-R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan

fYear

2007

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A 6-10-GHz broadband down-conversion mixer for UWB radio is presented. The mixer is fabricated in the 0.18-mum 1P6M standard CMOS process. The single-port design for the RF, LO and IF ports of the mixer can reduce the complexity of measurement. The broadband mixer only needs a low LO power of -3 dBm which can reduce the effect of LO leakage and DC offset. From 6-10 GHz, the broadband mixer exhibits a maximum conversion gain of 0.8 dB, maximum input P_1dB of -4 dBm, LO-RF isolation of about 30 dB, and a DC power consumption of 15.75 mW (without output balun) at V_DD=1.5 V, respectively.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; microwave frequency convertors; microwave mixers; ultra wideband technology; 1P6M; CMOS; UWB radio; broadband down conversion mixer; folded mirror mixer; frequency 6 GHz to 10 GHz; gain 0.8 dB; power 15.75 mW; size 0.18 mum; voltage 1.5 V; Bandwidth; CMOS process; Impedance matching; Microwave communication; Parasitic capacitance; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Transconductance; Voltage; CMOS; UWB; broadband; folded-mirror mixer; low LO-power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0748-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0749-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2007.4555048

Filename

4555048