• DocumentCode
    439495
  • Title

    High performance SiGe upconverter for double conversion tuner

  • Author

    Ipek, Mehmet ; Rieger, Martin ; Schemmann, Heinrich

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson multimedia, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    19-21 Sept. 2000
  • Firstpage
    164
  • Lastpage
    167
  • Abstract
    The double conversion architecture for TV reception is presented by emphasizing the most critical block: the upmixer. Simple formulas for NF and IIP3 are derived and the particularities of the upconverter design are highlighted. The circuit is implemented in a 47 GHz SiGe technology. According to measurements the mixer shows 14..16 dBm IIP3 and 10..13 dB NF. The mixer core operates at 5V with 60 mA current consumption.
  • Keywords
    Filters; Frequency conversion; Germanium silicon alloys; Linearity; Local oscillators; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium; TV; Tuners;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2000. ESSCIRC '00. Proceedings of the 26rd European
  • Conference_Location
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1471237