Title :
A current driven wideband low noise 2x subharmonic mixer in 0.18-µm CMOS technology
Author :
Bashir, Mudasir ; Bhardwaj, Anil
Author_Institution :
J&K, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Univ., Katra, India
Abstract :
This paper presents a current driven wideband low-noise passive mixer in CMOS 0.18-μm technology that operates between 2-6 GHz. The subharmonic mixer used here is the modification of Gilbert cell configuration by adding another local-oscillator stage. In order to convert input voltage supply into current broadband low-noise transconductor is employed using the noise-cancelling technique. After the signal gets down-converted by mixer, the signal is converted back into voltage signal by trans-impedance amplifier. The proposed mixer succeeds in achieving Noise Figure of 10.1 dB, wideband matching and considerable gain of 12.4 dB.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; amplifiers; mixers (circuits); passive networks; CMOS technology; Gilbert cell configuration; current broadband low-noise transconductor; current driven wideband low noise subharmonic mixer; frequency 2 GHz to 6 GHz; gain 12.4 dB; noise figure 10.1 dB; noise-cancelling technique; passive mixer; size 0.18 mum; trans-impedance amplifier; wideband matching; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Indexes; Mixers; Noise; Zirconium; CMOS; DSB noise figure; balun; differential configuration; low-noise transconductance amplifier (LNTA); subharmonic mixer; tans-impedance amplifier (TIA); wideband matching;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coimbatore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6084-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICECCT.2015.7226179
