Abstract
A third-order intermodulation (IM/sub 3/) cancellation technique using a submixer is proposed for a low-power low-distortion mixer. The IM/sub 3/ cancellation is achieved by summing IM/sub 3/ generated in a main mixer and the submixer, which are almost the same amplitude and opposite phase. The mixer was designed to operate at 870 MHz. The proposed technique reduces IM/sub 3/ by 18 dB with a current increase of about 15% and is suitable for low-power applications. The mixer achieved an input-referred third-order intercept point (IIP/sub 3/) of 10 dBm, a gain of 8.7 dB, and an NF of 9.8 dB and dissipates 30 mW from 2.9 V. The IC is fabricated in a SiGe bipolar transistor with f/sub T/= 30 GHz. The IC occupies 1.44 mm/spl times/1.44 mm.
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