Title :
Current-reuse bleeding mixer
Author :
Lee, S.G. ; Choi, J.-K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. Inf. & Commun., Taejon, South Korea
fDate :
4/13/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel mixer topology is proposed. The proposed mixer bleeds the driver stage current using a current source, the current source being used as part of the driver stage. A design example is given of a 900 MHz down-conversion mixer using a 0.35 μm CMOS process. Comparison with conventional mixers shows that the topology leads to better performance in terms of conversion gain, linearity, noise figure, and LO isolation
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; integrated circuit noise; mixers (circuits); 0.35 micron; 900 MHz; CMOS process; LO isolation; conversion gain; current source; current-reuse bleeding mixer; down-conversion mixer; driver stage current; linearity; mixer topology; noise figure; performance improvement;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000556
