Effects of offsets on bipolar integrated circuit mixer even-order distortion terms

Author

Coffing, Danielle ; Main, Eric

Author_Institution

Motorola SPS, Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

49

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Second-order intermodulation products in bipolar double-balanced mixers can be generated due to device mismatches. These spurs are analyzed theoretically and in simulation. Guidelines are presented that show the maximum acceptable mismatch to meet a given second-order intercept-point specification

Keywords

MMIC mixers; SPICE; bipolar MMIC; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; integrated circuit modelling; intermodulation distortion; SPICE simulation; bipolar double-balanced mixers; bipolar integrated circuit mixer; circuit modelling; conversion gain; device mismatches; differential amplifier; even-order distortion terms; local oscillator self-mixing; maximum acceptable mismatch; offsets effect; second-order intercept-point specification; second-order intermodulation products; spurious signals; transfer function; Analytical models; Bipolar integrated circuits; Guidelines; Integrated circuit modeling; Intermodulation distortion; Local oscillators; RF signals; Radio frequency; Resistors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.899958

Filename

899958