Title :
A low distortion bipolar mixer for low voltage direct up-conversion and high IF frequency systems
Author :
Behbahani, Farbod ; Fotowat-Ahmady, Ali ; Navid, Saeed ; Gaethke, Rainer ; Delurio, Micheal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
29 Sep-1 Oct 1996
Abstract :
This paper describes the implementation of a low distortion mixer for direct up conversion and high IF frequency systems. To achieve the required low distortion of ~55 dBc with good current efficiency, a feedback enhanced degeneration topology is used
Keywords :
bipolar analogue integrated circuits; electric distortion; frequency convertors; mixers (circuits); current efficiency; feedback enhanced degeneration topology; high IF frequency system; low distortion bipolar mixer; low voltage direct up-conversion; Baseband; Circuits; Frequency conversion; Linearity; Low voltage; Mixers; Narrowband; Power harmonic filters; Resistors; Transconductance;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3516-3
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1996.553933
