A 28 GHz sub-harmonic mixer using LO doubler in 0.18-μm CMOS technology

Tsung Yu Yang, Hwann Kaeo Chiou

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Abstract

A 28 GHz sub-harmonically pumped passive down conversion mixer fabricated in a 0.18-μm CMOS process is demonstrated. A low power fully differential LO frequency doubler is designed to generate at near half RF frequency. The proposed sub-harmonically pumped passive mixer has advantages in low power consumption, high fundamental frequency suppression, and suitable apply to millimeter-wave frequencies. At 28 GHz RF frequency and 13.2 GHz LO frequency, the measured conversion loss of the mixer is less than 11 dB, single side band noise figure of 11.6 dB, the isolations among LO, IF and RF are over 33 dB, and a third-order intercept point at the input of 8 dBm, while dissipating total current of 0.6 mA from 1 V supply. To the authors' knowledge, the design achieves the highest figure of merit among published down-conversion mixers operating at similar millimeter-wave frequencies in comparable silicon based technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits(RFIC) Symposium - Digest of Papers
Pages209-212
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 11 Jun 200613 Jun 2006

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
Volume2006
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period11/06/0613/06/06

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • Millimeter-wave frequencies
  • Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)
  • Sub-harmonic mixer

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