A 60 GHz CMOS up-conversion double-balanced mixer with wide if bandwidth

Min Li Chou, Hsien Chin Chiu*, Hsuan Ling Kao, Fan Hsiu Huang

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Abstract

A 60 GHz fully integrated double-balanced up-conversion mixer with wide IF bandwidth performance has been designed and fabricated using 90-nm CMOS technology. In order to feed the single-ended IF signal and to reduce the total power consumption, the active balun with an RC-feedback architecture was designed in the Gilbert-cell mixer. From dc to 10 GHz, a phase difference of 5° and a magnitude difference of 1 dB were obtained simultaneously in the proposed RC-feedback active balun. Series inductive-peaking techniques were also adopted to improve the IF bandwidth from DC to 3.8 GHz. The chip area of the mixer is 0.75 mm2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)546-549
Number of pages4
JournalMicrowave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume58
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 03 2016

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Keywords

  • CMOS
  • Gilbert-cell mixer
  • active balun
  • millimeter-wave
  • wide IF bandwidth

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