Title :
A low-voltage low-power X-band cascode down-conversion mixer for wideband communication
Author :
Bameri, Hadi ; Rahiminejad, Majid ; Hakimi, Ahmad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Shahid Bahonar Univ. of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Abstract :
In this paper, a new wide-band low-voltage low-power mixer is proposed. Using a modified stacked topology in conjunction with current bleeding technique, the mixer has a power consumption of 10mw while it uses a voltage supply of 1.2 V. Parallel peaking inductors are used to increase the RF frequency and broaden the bandwidth of the mixer. The 3-dB RF frequency band of the mixer is form 7GHz to 15GHz, which covers X-band completely, where its maximum power conversion gain is 10.6dB. The mixer has been simulated using 0.13μm CMOS technology model and results have been reported.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC frequency convertors; MMIC mixers; low-power electronics; power consumption; radio equipment; CMOS technology model; bleeding technique; frequency 7 GHz to 15 GHz; gain 10.6 dB; low-voltage low-power X-band cascode down-conversion mixer; maximum power conversion gain; modified stacked topology; parallel peaking inductors; power consumption; size 0.13 micron; voltage 1.2 V; wideband communication; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Gain; Inductors; Mixers; Radio frequency; Transistors; downconversion mixer; low-power; low-voltage; wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications (IST), 2014 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tehran
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5358-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISTEL.2014.7000690
