Title :
A low voltage bulk driven downconversion mixer core
Author :
Kathiresan, Ganesh ; Toumazou, Chris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes a CMOS mixer core, operating at 1 GHz, where the RF signal is input via the bulk. The advantages of a bulk driven mixer are low power supply voltages and low power consumption. Simulations have confirmed that a power supply as low as 1 V can be used to power the mixer core, which drains approximately 1.6 mA. Although the mixer core consumes very low power, it still provides reasonable gain as well as linearity
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; equivalent circuits; low-power electronics; 1 GHz; 1 V; 1.6 mA; CMOS mixer core; LV operation; bulk driven mixer core; downconversion mixer core; linearity; low power consumption; low power supply voltages; low voltage mixer core; CMOS technology; Costs; Energy consumption; Linearity; Local oscillators; Low voltage; MOSFET circuits; Power supplies; Radio frequency; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. ISCAS '99. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5471-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1999.780831
