一种高增益低噪声CMOS混频器设计

设计了一种基于跨导互补结构的电流注入混频器,通过在吉尔伯特混频器电路的本振开关管源极增加PMOS管形成电流注入电路减小本振端的偏置电流,改善电路的闪烁噪声和增大电路的增益.采用SMIC 0.18μm标准CMOS工艺设计.在本振(LO)信号的频率为1.571 GHz,射频(RF)信号频率为1.575 GHz时,混频器的增益为17.5 dB,噪声系数(NF)为8.35 dB,三阶交调截止点输入功率(IIP3)为-4.6 dBm.混频器工作电压1.8 V.直流电流为8.8 mA,版图总面积为0.63 mm × 0.78 mm.     

一种K波段高增益低噪声折叠式双平衡混频器

基于130 nm RF CMOS工艺,设计了一种适用于K波段的高增益低噪声折叠式下变频混频器。采用折叠式双平衡电路结构,混频器的跨导级和开关级可以在不同的偏置条件下工作,为优化两级的噪声提供了极大的自由度。采用电流复用技术,混频器的转换增益和噪声系数得以显著改善。后仿真结果表明,该混频器在本振功率为-3 dBm时,实现了27.8 dB的转换增益和7.36 dB的噪声系数。在射频信号为24 GHz处的输入1 dB压缩点P1dB为-18.8 dBm,本振端口对射频端口的隔离度大于60.2 dB。该电路工作于1.5 V的电源电压,总直流电流为12 mA,功耗为18 mW。该混频器以适中的功耗获得了极高的整体性能,适用于低功耗、低噪声24 GHz雷达接收机。     

一种0.9V低电压低本振功率CMOS有源混频器

设计了一种可工作于0.9 V低电压和-5 dBm本振功率的CMOS有源混频器.通过在MOS管栅极和衬底间引入耦合电容,利用衬底效应加快MOS管的导通和截止,使开关对的开关状态更理想,有效地降低混频器的噪声并提高其线性特性.采用0.18 μm CMOS工艺设计,在2.45 GHz本振信号和2.44 GHz射频信号输入下,实验结果表明该混频器可有效地实现混频且具有较好的性能指标:电压转换增益为12.4 dB,输入三阶截断点为-0.6 dBm,输入1dB压缩点为-3.4 dBm,单边带噪声系数为12 dB.     

基于CMOS工艺的低噪声、高增益混频器

基于TSMC 0.18μm CMOS工艺,设计了一种低噪声、高增益的混频器.通过在吉尔伯特单元中的跨导级处引入噪声抵消技术以降低混频器的噪声;并且在开关管的源级增加电流注入电路的基础上并联一个电容与开关管共源节点处的寄生电容谐振,进一步降低混频器的噪声,增大电路的增益.仿真结果表明,在本振（LO）频率为2.395 GHz,射频（RF）频率为2.4GHz时,混频器的增益为14.2dB,双边带噪声系数为5.9dB,输入三阶交调点为-3.2dBm.混频器工作电压1.8V,直流电流为8mA.     

2.4GHz 0.35μm CMOS Gilbert下变频器

利用0 35μm CMOS工艺实现了一种用于低中频接收机的Gilbert型下变频器.其中,混频器的输出级采用折叠级联输出,射频信号、本振信号和中频信号的频率分别为2 452GHz,2 45GHz和2MHz.测试表明:在3 3V电源电压条件下,整个混频器电路消耗的电流约为4mA,转换增益超过6dB,输入1dB压缩点约为-11dBm.     

基于CMOS工艺的改进型电流注入混频器

设计了一种改进型电流注入混频器.通过在吉尔伯特混频器电路的本振开关管源极引入电感形成谐振电路,消除了开关管源极寄生电容的影响,降低了混频器电路的闪烁噪声,增大了混频器电路的增益.混频器电路的设计采用SMIC 0.35 μm CMOS 工艺库,本振功率为-3 dBm.仿真结果表明,与改进前的混频器电路相比,当本振功率为-3 dBm时,改进型电流注入混频器电路的增益提高了1.76 dB,IIP3提高2.1 dBm,噪声系数降低了0.5 dB.     

一种2.4GHz 0.35μm CMOS Gilbert下变频器

利用0.35μm CMOS工艺实现了一种用于低中频接收机的Gilbert型下变频器.其中,混频器的输出级采用折叠级联输出,射频信号、本振信号和中频信号的频率分别为2.452GHz,2.45GHz和2MHz.测试表明:在3.3V电源电压条件下,整个混频器电路消耗的电流约为4mA,转换增益超过6dB,输入1dB压缩点约为-11dBm.     

一种高线性度低噪声下变频混频器

采用SMIC 0.18 μm RF CMOS工艺,设计了一种高线性度、低噪声下变频混频器。通过分析跨导级电流3阶展开项系数,优化跨导级偏置电压,在跨导级与开关级之间增加谐振频率为射频信号频率的LC并联谐振电路,在提高电路线性度的同时优化了信噪比。后仿真结果表明,在射频频率为1.575 GHz,本振频率为1.571 GHz,中频频率为4 MHz时,本振功率为0 dBm,电压转换增益为19.22 dB,输入3阶交调点为21.93 dBm,单边带噪声系数为11.74 dB。混频器工作电压为1.8 V,功耗为3.66 mW,核心电路版图面积为0.207 5 mm²。     

一种2.4GHz 0.35μm CMOS Gilbert下变频器

利用0.35μm CMOS工艺实现了一种用于低中频接收机的Gilbert型下变频器．其中,混频器的输出级采用折叠级联输出,射频信号、本振信号和中频信号的频率分别为2.452GHz,2.45GHz和2MHz．测试表明：在3.3V电源电压条件下,整个混频器电路消耗的电流约为4mA,转换增益超过6dB,输入1dB压缩点约为－11dBm．     

一种低噪声、高增益的直接下变频混频器

针对零中频接收机的应用,提出了一种低噪声、高增益的直接下变频混频器,并用0.25μmCMOS工艺实现。这种混频器结构采用电流复用注入技术,并且在开关管的共源端并联了一个谐振电感。电流复用注入提高了转换增益;谐振电感消除了共源端的寄生电容,抑制了射频信号的泄漏,减小了由间接开关机理产生的闪烁噪声。仿真得到这个混频器输出1/f噪声的拐点频率小于100kHz。在2.645GHz的射频输入下,测试得到的转换增益为15.5dB,输入三阶交调点为-3.8dBm,在中频1M处的单边带噪声系数为9.2dB。     

C波段pHEMT单片Gilbert混频器

采用0.5μmpHEMT工艺研制了Gilbert式单片混频器,设计采用了电流注入技术及跨导级源端负反馈技术,在C波段测试表明:变频增益大于1.5dB,单边带噪声系数典型值为12.5dB,变频带宽约为DC～1GHz,所需本振功率实测值为1.6dBm。     

基于802.11a协议的无线局域网低噪声放大器和改进的有源双平衡混频器

提出了采用0.18μm CMOS工艺,应用于802.11a协议的无线局域网接受机的低噪声放大器和改进的有源双平衡混频器的一些简单设计概念。通过在5.8 GHz上采用1.8 V供电所得到的仿真结果,低噪声放大器转换电压增益,输入反射系数,输出反射系数以及噪声系数分别为14.8 dB,-20.8 dB,-23.1 dB和1.38 dB。其功率损耗为26.3 mW。设计版图面积为0.9 mm×0.67 mm。混频器的射频频率,本振频率和中频频率分别为5.8 GHz,4.6 GHz和1.2 GHz。在5.8 GHz上,混频器的传输增益,单边带噪声系数（SSB NF）,1 dB压缩点,输入3阶截点（IIP3）以及功率损耗分别为-2.4 dB,12.1 dB,3.68 dBm,12.78 dBm和22.3 mW。设计版图面积为1.4 mm×1.1 mm。     

A CMOS Ku-Band 4x Subharmonic Mixer

In this work, the design and measurement of a new 4x subharmonic mixer circuit is presented using CMOS 0.18 m technology. With an RF input signal at 12.1 GHz, and an LO signal at 3.0 GHz, an intermediate frequency of 100 MHz is produced (f_IF = f_RF - 4f_LO). The mixer uses a modified Gilbert-cell topology with octet-phase LO switching transistors to perform the quadruple subharmonic mixing. Included in the design is an active balun for the RF signal and a circuit that generates an octet-phase LO signals from a differential input. The mixer has a conversion gain of approximately 6 dB, 1-dB compression point of -12 dBm, IIP3 of -2 dBm, and IIP2 of 17 dBm. The circuit also exhibits excellent isolation between its ports (e.g. LO-RF: 71 dB, 4LO-RF: 59 dB).     

A low power 3-5 GHz CMOS UWB receiver front-end

A novel low power RF receiver front-end for 3-5 GHz UWB is presented. Designed in the 0.13μm CMOS process, the direct conversion receiver features a wideband balun-coupled noise cancelling transconductance input stage, followed by quadrature passive mixers and transimpedance loading amplifiers. Measurement results show that the receiver achieves an input return loss below-8.5 dB across the 3.1-4.7 GHz frequency range, max-imum voltage conversion gain of 27 dB, minimum noise figure of 4 dB, IIP3 of-11.5 dBm, and IIP2 of 33 dBm. Working under 1.2 V supply voltage, the receiver consumes total current of 18 mA including 10 mA by on-chip quadrature LO signal generation and buffer circuits. The chip area with pads is 1.1 × 1.5 mm2.     

Design and implementation of a 94 GHz CMOS down-conversion mixer with integrated miniature planar baluns for image radar sensors

A 94 GHz down-conversion mixer for image radar sensors using standard 90 nm CMOS technology is reported. The down-conversion mixer comprises a double-balanced Gilbert cell with peaking inductors between RF transconductance stage and LO switching transistors for conversion gain (CG) enhancement and noise figure suppression, a miniature planar balun for converting the single RF input signals to differential signals, another miniature planar balun for converting the single LO input signals to differential signals, and an IF amplifier. The mixer consumes 22.5 mW and achieves excellent RF-port input reflection coefficient of ?10 to ?35.9 dB for frequencies of 87.6–104.4 GHz, and LO-port input reflection coefficient of ?10 to ?31.9 dB for frequencies of 88.2–110 GHz. In addition, the mixer achieves CG of 4.9–7.9 dB for frequencies of 81.8–105.8 GHz (the corresponding 3-dB CG bandwidth is 24 GHz) and LO–RF isolation of 37.7–47.5 dB for frequencies of 80–110 GHz, one of the best CG and LO–RF isolation results ever reported for a down-conversion mixer with operation frequency around 94 GHz. Furthermore, the mixer achieves an excellent input third-order intercept point of ?3 dBm at 94 GHz. These results demonstrate the proposed down-conversion mixer architecture is promising for 94 GHz image radar sensors.     

一种高线性的UWB接收机下变频混频器设计

该文介绍了一种UWB下变频混频器的设计思路和技术。在TSMC0.18μmCMOS工艺下,使用Agilent公司的ADS软件设计出一种3~5GHz的CMOS混频器电路。仿真结果表明,工作电压3V时,RF频率为3.169GHz,本振频率为3.434GHz,中频频率为265MHz,转换增益为15.4dB,双边带噪声系数低于13.3dB,P1dB压缩点为-13dBm,工作电流为4.6mA。     

A 0.35μm CMOS Mixer for 2.45-GHz RFID Application

A RF mixer with both low noise and high linearity is designed,operating at 2.45-GHz ISM band for RFID application.The designed mixer uses an optimal input matching network and the carefully chosen sizes of transistors,also with the appropriate bias point,to improve the noise figure(NF).Also,with a resonant LC loop as the current source and a parallel PMOS-resistor as the load,the mixer has a high linearity.The post simulation results show that the single side- band noise figure of 8.57 dB,conversion gain of 10.02 dB,input 1-dB compression point(P-1dB)of-8.33 dBm,and input third-order intercept point(IIP3)of 5.35 dBm.