Abstract
A new doubly balanced drain-pumped topology for CMOS passive mixer design is proposed in this paper. In the efforts to improve the conversion loss of passive balanced mixers, the CMOS drain-pumped topology is employed. In addition, the doubly balanced architecture with the advantages of good port-to-port isolations has been combined with the CMOS drain mixer design. For the broad bandwidth and the flatness of the conversion loss, a wideband matching technique using a broadband Marchand balun network is analyzed and successfully implemented in the mixer design. This mixer is fabricated in standard 90-nm CMOS technology. According to experiment results, the mixer has a measured conversion loss of 7.5 ± 1.5 dB from 33 to 58 GHz. Based on the double-balanced architecture, the local oscillator (LO)-to-RF and LO-to-IF isolations are better than 42.7 and 51.5 dB, respectively. The mixer consumes zero dc power with a compact size of 0.55 × 0.52 mm 2. To the best of our knowledge, this paper presents the first CMOS drain mixer using doubly balanced topology.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 6142126 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1057-1068 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 Apr 1 |
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Keywords
- CMOS
- doubly balanced mixer
- drain mixer
- millimeter wave (MMW)
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- Radiation
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Analysis of a new 33-58-GHz doubly balanced drain mixer in 90-nm CMOS technology. / Yang, Hong Yuan; Tsai, Jeng Han; Huang, Tian Wei; Wang, Huei.
In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 60, No. 4, 6142126, 01.04.2012, p. 1057-1068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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