Title :
Design of high performances Gilbert-cell mixers for GSM/DCS front-ends
Author :
Colomines, S. ; Amaud, T. ; Plana, R. ; Parra, T. ; Graffeuil, J.
Author_Institution :
Motorola Semicond. S.A., Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper reports an original design methodology for low voltage high performances Gilbert mixers in the DCS range. We present for the first time a real BiCMOS structure featuring +10.6 dB conversion gain, +6.7 dBm TP3, 10.3 DSB noise figure under a 2.2 V supply voltage, which is among the best results ever reported.
Keywords :
feedback; graph theory; legged locomotion; motion control; navigation; path planning; search problems; stability; 1.8 GHz; 10.6 dB; 2.2 V; BiCMOS structure; GSM/DCS front-ends; Gilbert-cell mixers; design methodology; high performances mixers; low voltage mixers; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Design methodology; Distributed control; Frequency conversion; GSM; Linearity; Low voltage; Mixers; Performance gain; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4439-1
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.1998.682067
