• DocumentCode
    2210012
  • Title

    1 to 20 GHz CMOS distributed mixer using asymmetric coplanar strip transmission lines

  • Author

    Garg, N. ; Lok, L.B. ; Robertson, I.D. ; Chongcheawchamnan, M. ; Worapishet, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Frontier Silicon Ltd., Cambridge
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    11-13 June 2006
  • Lastpage
    220
  • Abstract
    The design and measured performance of a 1 to 20 GHz CMOS distributed mixer is presented. The design is realized in a standard 0.25mum process and uses asymmetric coplanar strip (CPS) transmission line interconnects for low loss and small circuit size. The measured response shows conversion gain of 1dB with 7dBm LO power and input return loss better than 12dB up to 20 GHz
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; microstrip lines; microwave mixers; 0.25 micron; 1 dB; 1 to 20 GHz; CMOS distributed mixer; MMIC mixers; asymmetric coplanar strip transmission lines; broadband communication; microwave mixers; Coplanar transmission lines; Distributed parameter circuits; Gain measurement; Integrated circuit interconnections; Loss measurement; Power measurement; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Strips; Transmission line measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2006 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9572-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2006.1651130
  • Filename
    1651130