Zero IF Second Harmonic SiGe Mixer

Guvenc U., Palamutcuogullari O.

22nd IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Trabzon, Turkey, 23 - 25 April 2014, pp.814-817 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Trabzon
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.814-817
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this work, a new mixer topology operating with second harmonically pumped mixing technique is proposed. The proposed topology is developed to be used in zero-if mixers. Analysis are performed and the appropriate operation conditions for second harmonically pumped mixing are investigated for the topology which is suitable for functioning in a wide band. SiGe technology is used for the realization of the circuit. Schematic simulations are performed and according to the simulation results, within 1-12GHz range, 20dB of conversion voltage gain and a noise figure less than 14dB is obtained.