Abstract
The mixer is one of the key building blocks in any transceiver system as it performs the frequency up/down conversion, especially in the receivers, where weak RF signals are present at the input (section 3.1). In most cases, amplified only by the LNA, the mixer has to guarantee low noise figure (a positive gain helps for this issue), and high linearity, while consuming low-power consumption. As in any RF circuit, its whole performance, taking into account all these parameters, represent a severe trade-off. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the functional aspect of mixers from the low power consumption perspective.
This chapter begins with a brief review of mixer fundamental concepts (section 7.1) and different circuit topologies (section 7.2), as well as a short description of the mixer’s main functional parameters. These parameters areanalyzedin depth from the low power consumption perspective in section 7.3, and finally some implemented circuits are presented, analyzed and discussed in section 7.4.
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Alvarado, U., Bistué, G., Adín, I. (2011). Mixer Design. In: Low Power RF Circuit Design in Standard CMOS Technology. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 104. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22987-9_7
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