DocumentCode
1735760
Title
An Integrated 50-GHz SiGe Sub-Harmonic Mixer/Downconverter with a Quadrature Ring VCO
Author
Kodkani, R.M. ; Larson, L.E.
Author_Institution
Center for Wireless Commun., California Univ., La Jolla, CA
fYear
2007
Firstpage
223
Lastpage
226
Abstract
A 50 GHz sub-harmonic mixer based on multiple LO phases integrated with a 24 GHz quadrature ring VCO is fabricated in a 0.12mum SiGe BiCMOS process. The mixer core consumes 7 mA from a 3.3V supply. The mixer has a conversion gain of 9 dB and an SSB noise figure of 11.8 dB
Keywords
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; millimetre wave mixers; millimetre wave oscillators; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.12 micron; 11.8 dB; 24 GHz; 3.3 V; 50 GHz; 7 mA; 9 dB; BiCMOS process; SiGe; downconverter; integrated sub-harmonic mixer; multiple LO phases; quadrature ring VCO; CMOS technology; Germanium silicon alloys; Impedance; Millimeter wave technology; Mixers; Radio frequency; Ring oscillators; Silicon germanium; Topology; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Bipolar; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; SiGe; Sub-harmonic mixer; Voltage Controlled Oscillator; quadrature ring oscillator;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2007 Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9764-9
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-9765-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SMIC.2007.322825
Filename
4117366
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