DocumentCode
2166027
Title
Improving the dynamic range of Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixers for homodyne receivers
Author
Moniz, J.M. ; Maoz, B.
Author_Institution
Microelectron. Div., M/A-COM Inc., Lowell, MA, USA
fYear
1994
fDate
22-25 May 1994
Firstpage
103
Lastpage
106
Abstract
A unique Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixer has been developed which exhibits a 20 dB dynamic range improvement for homodyne receivers over the conventional Gilbert cell mixer for essentially the same gain, noise figure, chip size, cost, and DC power consumption.<>
Keywords
MMIC; elemental semiconductors; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; semiconductor device noise; silicon; DC power consumption; Si; Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixers; chip size; cost; dynamic range; gain; homodyne receivers; noise figure; Baseband; Costs; Dynamic range; Low pass filters; MMICs; Mixers; Noise figure; RF signals; Radio frequency; Receivers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1994. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1994
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1418-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MCS.1994.332133
Filename
332133
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