摘要
A new third-order transconductance (gm3) cancellation technique is proposed and applied to a conventional radio frequency (RF) mixer for improving circuit linearity. The bulk-to-source voltage is applied to adjust the peak value position of gm3. The cancellation of gm3 is utilized by a negative peak gm3 transistor combined in parallel with a positive peak gm3 transistor. For a single device, the measured adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) and third-order intermodulation (IMD3) distortion are both improved over 15 dB. A Gilbert-cell mixer in commercial 0.18-μ m CMOS process was designed using the proposed method to further evaluate the linearity. The compensated gm3 device is placed in the input RF gm-stage and then reducing the principle nonlinearity source of the mixer. From the experiment results, the ACPR and IMD3 of the mixer are improved about 10 and 15 dB, respectively.
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文章編號 | 4497814 |
頁(從 - 到) | 350-352 |
頁數 | 3 |
期刊 | IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters |
卷 | 18 |
發行號 | 5 |
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出版狀態 | 已出版 - 5月 2008 |