Input and output matched SiGe RF Mixer with High Dynamic Range

Author

Cam, Zehra Gulru ; Palamutcuogullari, Osman

Author_Institution

Electron. & Commun. Dept., Yildiz Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

fYear

2013

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Based on the Gilbert Mixer topology, an active mixer operating at 2.15 GHz is designed by using the transistors which are realized by using 0.25um SiGe technology. The active balun circuit at the input is realized by using the CB(common base) and CE(common emitter) transistors. The passive capacitive voltage-series feed-forward circuit is applied to CB circuit and an almost perfect broadband matching is obtained at the input. Theoretical calculations are done for noise figure. Current reduction technique is applied to switching transistors for noise decrease. Noise figure is decreased about 3 dB with current reduction. Mixer is simulated with AWR software environment. 5V DC supply voltage is used, OIP3 of 24.7 dBm and the Conversion Gain of 3 dB is obtained for the -2.5 dBm of LO power. The noise figure of the circuit is simulated as 11.75 dB.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; baluns; feedforward; integrated circuit noise; network topology; passive networks; semiconductor materials; switching circuits; AWR software environment; Gilbert mixer topology; SiGe; SiGe technology; active balun circuit; active mixer; broadband matching; common base transistors; common emitter transistors; current reduction technique; frequency 2.15 GHz; gain 3 dB; input-output matched SiGe RF mixer; noise figure; noise figure 11.75 dB; passive capacitive voltage-series feed-forward circuit; size 0.25 mum; switching transistors; voltage 5 V; Mixers; Noise; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Resistors; Switching circuits; Transistors; SiGe; mixer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2013 13th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Saida

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMS.2013.6663108

Filename

6663108