Title :
12∼18 GHz resistive mixer with a miniature Marchand Balun using standard CMOS process
Author :
Wei, Hung-Ju ; Meng, Chinchun ; Tsung, Kuan-Chang ; Huang, Guo-Wei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A 12~18 GHz fundamental resistive mixer is demonstrated using standard 0.13 ¿m CMOS technology. A Marchand balun directly on lossy silicon substrate is integrated with the resistive mixer to generate equal-amplitude and out-of-phase signal for LO pumping. The size of the Ku-band Marchand balun only occupies 478 ¿m × 250 ¿m due to higher silicon dielectric constant. The measured conversion loss of the resistive mixer is around 22 dB under fIF = 3 GHz and PLO = 6 dBm. The small required LO power reveals that the Marchand balun does not suffer serious loss from silicon substrate. The miniature technique makes passive components more compact and easier to be integrated with IC circuit design.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; baluns; microwave mixers; optical pumping; permittivity; silicon; CMOS process; IC circuit design; Ku-band Marchand balun; LO power; LO pumping; Si; conversion loss; equal-amplitude signal; lossy silicon substrate; miniature technique; out-of-phase signal; passive components; resistive mixer; silicon dielectric constant; size 0.13 mum; size 250 mum; size 478 mum; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; High-K gate dielectrics; Impedance matching; Loss measurement; Signal generators; Silicon; Marchand Balun; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Resistive mixer;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2801-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2802-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2009.5385447
