Compact parametric downconversion using MOS varactors

Author

Magierowski, Sebastian ; Zourntos, Takis ; Bousquet, Jean-Francois ; Zhao, Zhixing

Author_Institution

Dept. ECE, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

1377

Lastpage

1380

Abstract

IC parametric mixers built in CMOS are a promising means of realizing high-gain, low-noise and low-power RF heterodyne downconverters. This paper looks at two known parametric topologies and discusses a new approach intended to simplify the LO. Measured MOS varactor data is used to demonstrate the feasibility of mixers with 10-dB gain, sub 5-dB NFs and power requirements below 1-mW at microwave frequencies.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; microwave mixers; microwave parametric amplifiers; microwave parametric oscillators; varactors; CMOS integrated circuit; IC parametric mixers; MOS varactor; compact parametric downconversion; gain 10 dB; local oscillator frequency; microwave frequency; parametric amplifier; parametric topology; CMOS integrated circuits; Frequency measurement; Gain measurement; Microwave frequencies; Microwave measurements; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Topology; Varactors; CMOS integrated circuits; Parametric amplifiers; mixers; varactors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165962

Filename

5165962