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.     

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.     

一种基于130 nm CMOS工艺的K波段混频器

基于130 nm CMOS工艺,设计了工作于K波段的双平衡下变频混频器。在传统吉尔伯特单元基础上采用电流复用注入结构,减小了开关级的偏置电流,提升了开关性能。在开关级源端引入谐振电感,消除了开关共源节点处的寄生电容,抑制了射频信号的泄露,提高了增益,减小了噪声。仿真结果表明,输入射频信号为24 GHz,本振信号为24.5 GHz,本振输入功率为-3 dBm时,该混频器的转换增益为25.8 dB,单边带噪声系数为6.4 dB,输入3阶互调截点为-8.6 dBm。     

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.     

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。     

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SiGe HBT工艺的GNSS接收机混频器设计

针对目前国内RFIC发展比较滞后的现状,设计了3款应用于GNSS接收机的基于0.5 μm SiGe HBT工艺的混频器(Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ),并采用针对混频器的优良指数FOM(figure-of-merit)对这3个混频器进行结构和综合性能比较.3款混频器的供电电压为3.3 V,本振LO输入功率为-10 dBm,其消耗总电流、转换增益、噪声系数、1 dB增益压缩点依次为:Ⅰ)8.7 mA,15 dB,4.1 dB,-17 dBm;Ⅱ)8.4 mA ,10 dB,4.6 dB,-10 dBm;Ⅲ)5.4 mA,11 dB,4.9 dB,-10 dBm.而3款混频器的FOM分别为-57.8、-56.6、-54.3,表明混频器Ⅲ的综合性能最佳,混频器Ⅱ次之,最后为混频器Ⅰ.     

一种应用于GPS射频前端的低噪声混频器

为了克服混频器噪声对GPS接收机灵敏度造成的影响,设计了一种应用于GPS射频前端的低噪声混频器电路.采用自偏置缓冲级放大本振信号,有效地提高了电路性能.该混频器的转换增益为23 dB,噪声系数为4.55 dB,3阶交调点为-9.36 dBm,在1.57 GHz到1.6 GHz频段上,反射系数S11小于-15 dB,电路采用1.8 V电压供电;混频器核心电路静态工作电流1.2 mA,采用CMOS 0.18 μm工艺实现,芯片版图面积为160μm×360μm.     

一种新型超高频射频识别射频前端电路设计

设计了一种低功耗高线性度的新型超高频射频识别射频前端电路.在LNA的设计中,通过在输入端采用二阶交调电流注入结构以提高线性度,在输出端采用开关电容结构以实现工作频率可调;在混频器的设计中,在输入端采用同LNA相同的方法以提高线性度,而在输出端采用动态电流注入结构以降低噪声.该电路采用0.18μmCMOS工艺,供电电压为1.2V,仿真结果如下:输入阻抗S11为-23.98dB,IIP3为5.05dBm,整个射频前端电路的增益为10dB.     

一种0.5~5 GHz改进型折叠混频器

采用SMIC 0.18 μm CMOS工艺,设计了一种基于双平衡Gilbert单元的宽带低噪声亚阈值混频器。采用折叠型结构,在跨导级添加LC并联谐振电路,控制开关管工作在亚阈值区,以提高增益、降低噪声,同时降低本振功率。与传统的折叠混频器相比,该电路的增益达到9.5~18.4 dB,噪声仅为6.1~7.2 dB,在1.8 V电压下功耗为18.18 mW。     

A CMOS passive mixer with low flicker noise for low-power direct-conversion receiver

A CMOS passive mixer is designed to mitigate the critical flicker noise problem that is frequently encountered in constituting direct-conversion receivers. With a unique single-balanced passive mixer design, the resulted direct-conversion receiver achieves an ultralow flicker-noise corner of 45 kHz, with 6 dB more gain and much lower power and area consumption than the double-balanced counterpart. CMOS switches with a unique bias-shifting network to track the LO DC offset are devised to reduce the second-order intermodulation. Consequently, the mixer's IIP2 has been greatly enhanced by almost 21 dB from a traditional single-balanced passive mixer. An insertion compensation method is also implemented for effective dc offset cancellation. Fabricated in 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS and measured at 5 GHz, this passive mixer obtains 3 dB conversion gain, 39 dBm IIP2, and 5 dBm IIP3 with LO driving at 0 dBm. When the proposed mixer is integrated in a direct-conversion receiver, the receiver achieves 29 dB overall gain and 5.3 dB noise figure.     

60 GHz double-balanced up-conversion mixer on 130 nm CMOS technology

A millimetre-wave Gilbert-cell up-conversion mixer using standard 130 nm CMOS technology is presented. This mixer has a power conversion gain of better than 2 dB and has the highest reported OP 1 dB of -5.6 dBm when driven with a LO power of 0 dBm. The LO to RF isolation are better than 37 dB for LO from 57 to 65 GHz. Microstrip lines were employed for the matching network design at the mixer output. This is believed to be the first CMOS Gilbert-cell up-conversion mixer operating in the 60 GHz frequency band using fundamental LO.     

A 2.7-V 900-MHz CMOS LNA and mixer

A CMOS low-noise amplifier (LNA) and a mixer for RF front-end applications are described. A current reuse technique is described that increases amplifier transconductance for the LNA and mixer without increasing power dissipation, compared to standard topologies. At 900 MHz, the LNA minimum noise figure (NF) is 1.9 dB, input third-order intercept point (IIP3) is -3.2 dBm and forward gain is 15.6 dB. With a 1-GHz local oscillator (LO) and a 900-MHz RF input, the mixer minimum double sideband noise figure (DSB NF) is 5.8 dB, IIP3 is -4.1 dBm, and power conversion gain is 8.8 dB. The LNA and mixer, respectively, consume 20 mW and 7 mW from a 2.7 V power supply. The active areas of the LNA and mixer are 0.7 mm×0.4 mm and 0.7 mm×0.2 mm, respectively. The prototypes were fabricated in a 0.5-μm CMOS process     

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。     

一种新的射频CMOS混频器结构

提出了一种低电压高增益CMOS下变频混频器的新结构.这个结构避免了堆叠晶体管,因此可以在低电压下工作.在LO信号的频率为1.452GHz,RF信号频率为1.45GHz的情况下,仿真结果表明:混频器的增益为15dB,ⅡP3为-4.5dBm,NF为17dB,最大瞬态功耗为9.3mW,直流功耗为9.2mW.并对该混频器的噪声特性和线性度进行了分析.     

A Low LO Power Mixer Utilizing the Body Effect

We propose a single-stacked CMOS mixer that can operate at low local oscillator (LO) power condition with a new switching mechanism. Gating the body terminal makes it possible for the mixer to operate in a more ideal switching mode by utilizing the body effect. Biasing at near pinch-off region gives rise to beneficial aspect, low power dissipation. This circuit is composed of all PMOS transistors which draw only 0.275 mA from a supply voltage of 1.8 V. This circuit features gain and noise enhancement characteristic, low power consumption, and simple topology. The proposed mixer achieves conversion gain of 18 dB, noise figure of 9.1 dB with 0 dBm LO power, and power consumption as low as 0.5 mW.     

A Low-Power and High-Gain Mixer for UWB Systems

This letter presents a CMOS double-balanced direct-conversion mixer for ultra-wideband systems. The proposed mixer employs three techniques: the subthreshold operation of transistors for the radio frequency stage reduces current dissipation in the overall mixer, a local oscillation (LO) stage using an inverter lowers the required LO amplitude, and an active load improves conversion gain. The mixer was implemented using a 0.13 $mu{rm m}$ 1P8M CMOS process and was operated from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. The measured results show a high conversion gain of 14.0 dB and a noise figure of 14.5 dB. In addition, the mixer performs with an input $IP_{3}$ of $-$ 11 dBm and a power dissipation of 1.85 mW from a 1.2 V supply.      

A parallel structure for CMOS four-quadrant analog multipliers andits application to a 2-GHz RF downconversion mixer

A parallel structure for a CMOS four-quadrant analog multiplier is proposed and analyzed. By applying differential input signals to a set of combiners, the multiplication function can be implemented. Based on the proposed structure, a low-voltage high-performance CMOS four-quadrant analog multiplier is designed and fabricated by 0.8 μm N-well double-poly-double-metal CMOS technology. Experimental results have shown that, under a single 1.2 V supply voltage, the circuit has 0.89% linearity error and 1.1% total harmonic distortion under the maximum-scale input 500 mV_p-p at both multiplier inputs. The -3 dB bandwidth is 2.2 MHz and the DC current is 2.3 mA. By using the proposed multiplier as a mixer-core and connecting a newly designed output buffer, a CMOS RF downconversion mixer is designed and implemented by 0.5 μm single-poly-double-metal N-well CMOS technology. The experimental results have shown that, under 3 V supply voltage and 2 dBm LO power, the mixer has -1 dB conversion gain, 2.2 GHz input bandwidth, 180 MHz output bandwidth, and 22 dB noise figure. Under the LO frequency 1.9 GHz and the total DC current 21 mA, the third-order input intercept point is +7.5 dBm and the input 1 dB compression point is -9 dBm     

Analysis and implementation of a CMOS even harmonic mixer with current reuse for heterodyne/direct conversion receivers

This paper presents a novel topology for the even harmonic mixer (EHM). The proposed mixer employs a current reuse circuit in the RF input stage to improve its linearity, and uses the double frequency technique in the LO input stage to overcome the leakage and dc offset problems for heterodyne and direct conversion receivers, respectively. In addition, the proposed topology also has the advantages of low power consumption and high conversion gain. In order to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed mixer, theoretical analyses of linearity, conversion gain, and noise performance have been described in detail. The measured results reveal that the proposed mixer has a single-end conversion gain of 9.17 dB, third-order input intercept point (IIP/sub 3/) of -5.01 dBm, and IIP/sub 3//dc of -6.31 dB, under the supply voltage of 1.8 V, power consumption of 1.35 mW, and LO power of 5 dBm at 900 MHz.