DocumentCode
971257
Title
Current-folded mixer for upconversion applications
Author
Tiiliharju, E. ; Halonen, K.
Author_Institution
Electron. Circuit Design Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Finland
Volume
38
Issue
25
fYear
2002
fDate
12/5/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1664
Lastpage
1666
Abstract
A low-voltage current-folded mixer cell with reduced power dissipation and increased linearity is proposed. Comparison to a conventional current-folded mixer example shows substantial improvements with minimum added circuitry.
Keywords
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; UHF frequency convertors; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; low-power electronics; semiconductor materials; 2.45 GHz; RF-transceiver blocks; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS technology; WLAN/W-CDMA applications; increased linearity; low-voltage current-folded mixer cell; reduced power dissipation; three-stacked transistor configuration; upconversion applications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20021151
Filename
1137451
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