• DocumentCode
    353083
  • Title

    A mm-wave monolithic Gilbert-cell mixer

  • Author

    Dearn, A.W. ; Devlin, L.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Plextek Ltd., Great Chesterford, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    401
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the application of the well-known Gilbert-cell mixer technique at mm-wave frequencies. A pseudomorphic HEMT monolithic design is described, in conjunction with a bondwire compensation technique, to produce low conversion loss (<4 dB) with low LO power at frequencies beyond 40 GHz.
  • Keywords
    HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; compensation; field effect MIMIC; integrated circuit design; millimetre wave mixers; Gilbert-cell mixer; LO power; MMIC; bondwire compensation technique; conversion loss; mm-wave mixers; pseudomorphic HEMT monolithic design; Bonding; Circuits; Diodes; Gallium arsenide; Grounding; Impedance matching; Inductance; Mixers; Radio frequency; Signal design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.861038
  • Filename
    861038