Improving linearity of a 5.2 GHz low power mixer in 0.18μm CMOS process by using Derivative Superposition method

Author

Masumoto, T. ; Kanemoto, Daisuke ; Kanaya, Haruichi ; Pokharel, R. ; Yoshida, Kenta

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

159

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of a low power mixer improved its linearity. The mixer which have implemented is based on bulk-driven mixer which is known for its low power operation. On the other hand, that mixer has a demerit of poor linearity. The architecture of the proposed mixer employs DS (Derivative Superposition) method to achieve high linearity remaining in low power consumption. The proposed design has been fabricated using TSMC 0.18μm CMOS process. The measured IIP3 shows 6.38 dBm. A conversion gain shows -7.49 dB, and power consumption of 3.54 mW.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; field effect MMIC; low-power electronics; microwave mixers; TSMC CMOS process; bulk-driven mixer; derivative superposition; frequency 5.2 GHz; gain -7.49 dB; low power consumption; low power mixer; power 3.54 mW; size 0.18 mum; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Linearity; MOSFET circuits; Mixers; Power demand; Transconductance; DS (Derivative Superposition) method; bulk-driven mixer; linearization; low power consumption;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1330-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1331-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2012.6421531

Filename

6421531