10-GHz 0.35-µm SiGe BiCMOS bottom-LO-sub-harmonic Gilbert mixer with lumped-element rat-races

Author

Tseng, Sheng-Che ; Meng, Chinchun ; Huang, Guo-Wei

Author_Institution

Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu

fYear

2006

fDate

12-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

260

Abstract

In this paper, a single-ended downconversion sub-harmonic mixer is implemented using 0.35-mum SiGe BiCMOS technology. Two lumped- element rat-races are applied to generate differential LO and RF signals. This single-ended rat-race mixer has the conversion gain of 25 dB and high port-to-port isolations at 10 GHz. The input return loss is about -10 dB and the compact chip size is 0.8 mm x 0.9 mm. The total current consumption is about 16 mA at 3.3 V.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; amplification; losses; mixers (circuits); silicon compounds; RF signals; SiGe BiCMOS bottom-LO-Sub-harmonic Gilbert mixer; SiGe BiCMOS technology; conversion gain; differential LO; frequency 10 GHz; gain 25 dB; lumped-element rat-races; port-to-port isolations; return loss; single-ended downconversion sub-harmonic mixer; single-ended rat-race mixer; size 0.35 mum; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Coupling circuits; Germanium silicon alloys; Mixers; Power harmonic filters; Radio frequency; Signal generators; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; Direct-conversion; SiGe; lumped-element; rat-race; sub-harmonic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. APMC 2006. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

978-4-902339-08-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-902339-11-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2006.4429418

Filename

4429418