Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer

This paper presents an ultra-low voltage and low power current bleeding CMOS double balanced mixer targeted for ZigBee application in 2.4GHz operating frequency band. The proposed mixer uses a modified CMOS current bleeding mixer topology adapting the forward body bias design technique integrated wi...

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Main Authors: Tan, Gim Heng, Mohd Sidek, Roslina, Mohd Isa, Maryam
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69373/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69373/1/Design%20of%20ultra-low%20voltage%20and%20low-power%20CMOS%20current%20bleeding%20mixer.pdf
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description This paper presents an ultra-low voltage and low power current bleeding CMOS double balanced mixer targeted for ZigBee application in 2.4GHz operating frequency band. The proposed mixer uses a modified CMOS current bleeding mixer topology adapting the forward body bias design technique integrated with a NMOS based current bleeding transistor, PMOS based local oscillator (LO) switching stage and on-chip inductors to achieve ultra-low voltage headroom operation down to 0.35V. The conversion gain is further enhanced by integrating an inductor at the gate of the bleeding transistor to reduce RF current leakage. The proposed architecture is simulated and verified in 0.13μm standard CMOS technology. The RC extracted simulation result shows a high conversion gain (CG) of 16dB, 1dB compression point (P1dB) at -17.65dBm, third-order intercept point (IIP3) of -7.45dBm and a noise figure (NF) of 18dB is achieved with a power consumption of 526μW.
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spelling upm-693732019-07-04T04:13:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69373/ Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer Tan, Gim Heng Mohd Sidek, Roslina Mohd Isa, Maryam This paper presents an ultra-low voltage and low power current bleeding CMOS double balanced mixer targeted for ZigBee application in 2.4GHz operating frequency band. The proposed mixer uses a modified CMOS current bleeding mixer topology adapting the forward body bias design technique integrated with a NMOS based current bleeding transistor, PMOS based local oscillator (LO) switching stage and on-chip inductors to achieve ultra-low voltage headroom operation down to 0.35V. The conversion gain is further enhanced by integrating an inductor at the gate of the bleeding transistor to reduce RF current leakage. The proposed architecture is simulated and verified in 0.13μm standard CMOS technology. The RC extracted simulation result shows a high conversion gain (CG) of 16dB, 1dB compression point (P1dB) at -17.65dBm, third-order intercept point (IIP3) of -7.45dBm and a noise figure (NF) of 18dB is achieved with a power consumption of 526μW. IEEE 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69373/1/Design%20of%20ultra-low%20voltage%20and%20low-power%20CMOS%20current%20bleeding%20mixer.pdf Tan, Gim Heng and Mohd Sidek, Roslina and Mohd Isa, Maryam (2014) Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer. In: 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), 17-20 Nov. 2014, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan. (pp. 344-347). 10.1109/APCCAS.2014.7032790
spellingShingle Tan, Gim Heng
Mohd Sidek, Roslina
Mohd Isa, Maryam
Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer
title Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer
title_full Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer
title_fullStr Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer
title_full_unstemmed Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer
title_short Design of ultra-low voltage and low-power CMOS current bleeding mixer
title_sort design of ultra-low voltage and low-power cmos current bleeding mixer
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69373/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69373/1/Design%20of%20ultra-low%20voltage%20and%20low-power%20CMOS%20current%20bleeding%20mixer.pdf