Title :
Improving the dynamic range of Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixers for homodyne receivers
Author :
Moniz, J.M. ; Maoz, B.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Div., M/A-COM Inc., Lowell, MA, USA
Abstract :
A unique Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixer has been developed which exhibits a 20 dB dynamic range improvement for homodyne receivers over the conventional Gilbert cell mixer for essentially the same gain, noise figure, chip size, cost, and DC power consumption.<>
Keywords :
MMIC; elemental semiconductors; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; semiconductor device noise; silicon; DC power consumption; Si; Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixers; chip size; cost; dynamic range; gain; homodyne receivers; noise figure; Baseband; Costs; Dynamic range; Low pass filters; MMICs; Mixers; Noise figure; RF signals; Radio frequency; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1994. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1994
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1418-2
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.1994.332133
