An active up conversion mixer covering the entire 71–86GHz Eband range in SiGe Technology

Author

Sheinman, B. ; Carmon, R. ; Ben-Yishay, R. ; Katz, O. ; Mazor, N. ; Levinger, R. ; Elad, Danny ; Golberg, Alexander ; Bruetbart, A.

Author_Institution

IBM Haifa Labs., Haifa Univ. Campus, Haifa, Israel

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An IF to RF up-conversion mixer for the entire E-BAND 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz frequency range was designed and fabricated in IBM 0.12 μm SiGe technology. The Mixer comprises of a double balanced Gilbert-cell with a degeneration inductor in the amplifying stage for increased linearity. The mixer exhibits conversion gain higher than -2 dB, output compression point above -7 dBm, and LO leakage less than -30 dB. The core mixer area is 0.37 mm² and consumes 140 mW from a 2.7 V power supply.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; inductors; mixers (circuits); E-band; SiGe technology; active up conversion mixer; balanced Gilbert-cell; degeneration inductor; frequency 71 GHz to 86 GHz; frequency 81 GHz to 86 GHz; power 140 mW; voltage 2.7 V; Gain; Linearity; Mixers; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium; Switches; Temperature measurement; Eband; Linearity; Mixer; Up converter; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems (COMCAS), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tel Aviv

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMCAS.2013.6685262

Filename

6685262