Title :
Power/performance relations in downconversion mixers for wireless transceivers
Author :
Hafez, Amr ; Elmsry, M.I.
Author_Institution :
VLSI Res. Group, Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The downconversion mixer is one of the key blocks of the wireless receiver, and a significant power sink. This work is a simple first-order analysis of the dependance of power consumption of downconversion mixers in wireless transceivers on the performance parameters
Keywords :
UHF frequency convertors; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; transceivers; downconversion mixers; first-order analysis; power consumption; power sink; power/performance relations; wireless transceivers; Dynamic range; Energy consumption; Linearity; Noise figure; Noise level; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Transconductance; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Notre Dame, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8914-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1998.759532
