A 2 V, low power, single-ended 1 GHz CMOS direct upconversion mixer

Author

Borremans, M. ; Steyaert, M.

Author_Institution

ESAT, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 May 1997

Firstpage

517

Lastpage

520

Abstract

This paper describes a 2 V full CMOS 1 GHz upconversion mixer. The circuit has a single-ended output which avoids the use of any balun. The total power consumption in both the mixer and the output stage is only 22 mW. The signal to distortion ratio has been measured to be more than 30 dB. A thorough analysis of the harmonics caused by the nonlinearity of the mixer transistors is performed. The theory is confirmed by the measurements on the presented circuit. The chip has been processed in 0.4 μm CMOS technology

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF frequency convertors; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; harmonics; integrated circuit design; 0.4 micron; 1 GHz; 2 V; 22 mW; CMOS technology; harmonics; mixer transistor nonlinearity; output stage; signal to distortion ratio; single-ended direct upconversion mixer; total power consumption; Baseband; Bonding; CMOS technology; Circuit topology; Distortion measurement; Energy consumption; Impedance matching; Semiconductor device measurement; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the IEEE 1997

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3669-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1997.606679

Filename

606679