A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application

This paper present a low power current bleeding CMOS mixer with high LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application. The proposed mixer uses current reuse technique with self-biased transconductance stage to increase the conversion gain while substantially reducing the DC power dissipation. A NMOS current b...

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Main Authors: Tan, Gim Heng, Mohd Sidek, Roslina, Mohd Isa, Maryam, Shafie, Suhaidi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68839/
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author Tan, Gim Heng
Mohd Sidek, Roslina
Mohd Isa, Maryam
Shafie, Suhaidi
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Mohd Sidek, Roslina
Mohd Isa, Maryam
Shafie, Suhaidi
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description This paper present a low power current bleeding CMOS mixer with high LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application. The proposed mixer uses current reuse technique with self-biased transconductance stage to increase the conversion gain while substantially reducing the DC power dissipation. A NMOS current bleeding transistor and load resistor is integrated between the RF transconductance and LO switching stage to improve the LO-RF isolation. This mixer is verified in 0.13 μm standard CMOS technology. The simulation result shows a high conversion gain (CG) of 12 dB, 1 dB compression point (P1dB) of -13.4 dBm, third-order intercept point (IIP3) of -4.3 dBm and a noise figure (NF) of 15.45 dB. The circuit consumes 664 μA current from 1.2 V power supply and LO-RF isolation is improved by 25 dB.
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spelling upm-688392019-06-10T03:48:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68839/ A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application Tan, Gim Heng Mohd Sidek, Roslina Mohd Isa, Maryam Shafie, Suhaidi This paper present a low power current bleeding CMOS mixer with high LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application. The proposed mixer uses current reuse technique with self-biased transconductance stage to increase the conversion gain while substantially reducing the DC power dissipation. A NMOS current bleeding transistor and load resistor is integrated between the RF transconductance and LO switching stage to improve the LO-RF isolation. This mixer is verified in 0.13 μm standard CMOS technology. The simulation result shows a high conversion gain (CG) of 12 dB, 1 dB compression point (P1dB) of -13.4 dBm, third-order intercept point (IIP3) of -4.3 dBm and a noise figure (NF) of 15.45 dB. The circuit consumes 664 μA current from 1.2 V power supply and LO-RF isolation is improved by 25 dB. IEEE 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68839/1/A%20low-power%20current%20bleeding%20mixer%20with%20improved%20LO-RF%20isolation%20for%20ZigBee%20application.pdf Tan, Gim Heng and Mohd Sidek, Roslina and Mohd Isa, Maryam and Shafie, Suhaidi (2013) A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application. In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCAS 2013), 18-19 Sept. 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (pp. 111-113). 10.1109/CircuitsAndSystems.2013.6671642
spellingShingle Tan, Gim Heng
Mohd Sidek, Roslina
Mohd Isa, Maryam
Shafie, Suhaidi
A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application
title A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application
title_full A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application
title_fullStr A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application
title_full_unstemmed A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application
title_short A low-power current bleeding mixer with improved LO-RF isolation for ZigBee application
title_sort low-power current bleeding mixer with improved lo-rf isolation for zigbee application
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68839/
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