DocumentCode
737962
Title
A Low-Power Broadband 200 GHz Down-Conversion Mixer with Integrated LO-Driver in 0.13 
m SiGe BiCMOS
Author
Fritsche, David ; Leufker, Jan Dirk ; Tretter, Gregor ; Carta, Corrado ; Ellinger, Frank
Author_Institution
Dept. of Circuit Design & Network Theor., Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Volume
25
Issue
9
fYear
2015
Firstpage
594
Lastpage
596
Abstract
This letter presents an active 200 GHz fundamental down-conversion mixer based on the Micromixer topology for low-power high data-rate wireless communications. The mixer-core operation requires a -5 dBm LO-signal, which is generated on-chip from an external single-ended source of only -20 dBm by means of a power-efficient LO-driver and a passive balun. Mixer, LO-driver and balun have been implemented together in a 450 GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology occupying a circuit core area of 0.21 mm2. For a 200 GHz LO-signal, the characterized circuit exhibits a maximum conversion gain of 5.5 dB over a 3 dB RF-bandwidth of 30 GHz, requiring only 17.4 and 22.5 mW of DC-power in the mixer core and in the LO-driver, respectively.
Keywords
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; baluns; bipolar MIMIC; driver circuits; low-power electronics; millimetre wave mixers; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS technology; bandwidth 30 GHz; down-conversion mixer; external single-ended source; frequency 200 GHz; frequency 450 GHz; integrated LO-driver; low-power broadband mixer; micromixer topology; passive balun; power 17.4 mW; power 22.5 mW; size 0.13 mum; wireless communications; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Broadband communication; Gain; Impedance matching; Mixers; Receivers; Silicon germanium; BiCMOS integrated circuits; broadband amplifiers; frequency conversion; low-noise amplifiers; millimeter-wave integrated circuits; mixers; receivers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1531-1309
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LMWC.2015.2451353
Filename
7153579
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