DocumentCode :
742297
Title :
A CMOS W-Band 
Quasi-Subharmonic Mixer
Author :
Tom Nan Huang ; Xiang Yi ; Chirn Chye Boon ; Xiaofeng He ; Guangyin Feng ; Wei Meng Lim ; Xi Zhu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of EEE, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Volume :
25
Issue :
6
fYear :
2015
fDate :
6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
385
Lastpage :
387
Abstract :
This letter reports a 4× W-band quasi-subharmonic down-conversion mixer in a 65 nm CMOS technology. Developed from subharmonic mixers, this mixer saves trouble in designing phase-shifters and works well within W-band. Down-conversion is achieved by capturing the phase difference between two sine waves at every half cycle of the local oscillator. The power gain is above 3.5 dB over the entire W-band. The minimum noise figure is 12.5 dB, and the 1 dB compression point is -1.2 dBm.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); phase shifters; CMOS technology; W-band; W-band quasi-subharmonic down-conversion mixer; local oscillator; phase difference; phase-shifters; sine waves; size 65 nm; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitors; Frequency measurement; Gain; Millimeter wave technology; Mixers; Noise; CMOS mixer; millimeter-wave; subharmonic;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1531-1309
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LMWC.2015.2421359
Filename :
7106581
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