Title :
Low noise, high linearity and low power BiCMOS mixer for RF applications
Author :
Colomines, S. ; Arnaud, Thierry ; Parra, T. ; Graffeui, J. ; Plana, R.
Abstract :
This paper presents a low IF mixer featuring MOS devices in the RF and the active load stages for DCS applications which have been optimized with respect to the supply voltage (2.2 V), current consumption (<10 mA), gain (10 dB), linearity (IIP3=8.5 dBm) and noise (DSB Nf=13 dB @100 kHz)
Keywords :
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; low-power electronics; 10 dB; 13 dB; 2.2 V; BiCMOS mixer; DCS applications; IC noise; RF applications; UHF ICs; UHF mixers; current consumption; linearity; low IF mixer; low power circuits; supply voltage; Batteries; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Distributed control; Integrated circuit noise; Linearity; Low voltage; MOS devices; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device noise;
Conference_Titel :
Devices, Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 Third IEEE International Caracas Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5766-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCDCS.2000.869800
