Comparison of three different sub-harmonic mixers implemented in SiGe process technology for the 60GHz license free frequency band

Author

Levie, I. ; Spiegel, S.J. ; Kastner, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv

fYear

2008

fDate

13-14 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

In this paper three sub-harmonic mixers where designed for the 60GHz frequency band using Jazz SBC18hx process. The detailed design of 4th sub-harmonic mixer is presented which is based on the linear abstraction for mixers. A method to extract the ABCD parameters of the mixer from a general purpose harmonic balance simulation results is created. These parameters are used to properly match the mixer. The performance of 2nd sub-harmonic passive mixer with the same topology and that of an active 2nd sub-harmonic Gilbert based mixer are presented. The results of the three mixers are compared.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; field effect MIMIC; harmonic analysis; millimetre wave mixers; Gilbert based mixer; Jazz SBC18hx process; SiGe; frequency 60 GHz; harmonic balance simulation; linear abstraction; passive mixer; subharmonic mixers; Circuits; Frequency conversion; Germanium silicon alloys; Licenses; Mixers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems, 2008. COMCAS 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tel-Aviv

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2097-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2098-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMCAS.2008.4562773

Filename

4562773