Abstract

A CMOS mixer topology capable of both downconversion and upconversion mixing for use in integrated wireless transceivers is presented. The mixing is based on two cross-coupled differential pairs as commutators with two source-followers as current modulators. Independence of the input and output bandwidths allows this topology to be optimized separately for either downconversion or upconversion mixer. The prototypes of both upconversion and downconversion mixers, optimized for linearity and realized in 0.8 μm CMOS technology, have been demonstrated to fully operate at 1 GHz with good linearity and low power consumption. In addition, another mixer, optimized for noise figure and realized in 0.5 μm CMOS technology, has been designed to achieve a NF of around 12 dB.

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