A high linearity dual-band mixer for IMT-A and UWB systems

摘要

The design and analysis of a reconfigurable dual-band down-conversion mixer for IMT-advanced (3.4– 3.6 GHz) and UWB (4.2–4.8 GHz) applications are presented. Based on a folded double-balanced Gilbert cell, which is well known for its low voltage, simplicity and well balanced performance, the mixer adopts a capacitive cross-coupling technique for input matching and performance improvement. Switched capacitors and resistors are added to shift the working bands. Fabricated in a TSMC 0.13 μm process, the test results show flat conversion gains from 9.6 to 10.3 dB on the IMT-A band and from 9.7 to 10.4 dB on the UWB band, with a noise figure of about 15 dB on both bands. The input third-order intercept points (IIP3) are about 7.3 dBm on both of the frequency bands. The whole chip consumes 11 mW under 1.2 V supply and the total area of the layout is 0.76 × 0.65 mm~2.