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Design of 2.4 GHz Improved Current Reuse Gilbert Mixer with Source Degeneration Technique

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An improved Gilbert mixer with the current reuse and source degeneration techniques is investigated. This design and simulation carried out by considering UMC 180 nm CMOS process in the Cadence Tool 6.1.6 with 2.4 GHz. The investigation is presented with the current reuse topology by stacking both pMOS and nMOS transistors. The reduction of the power consumption is obtained due to the self-biasing of the shunt feedback resistor. An improvement in the conversion gain and linearity is shown through the source degeneration in this mixer design. The proposed design achieves the maximum conversion gain (CG) of 13.2 dB with the noise figure (NF) of 8.6 dB. The design circuit consumes 0.7 mW power from 1.2 V with the 1 dB compression point of −2.63 dBm and third-order input intercept point (IIP3) of 8.2 dBm. The chip area occupied is 0.128 × 0.180 mm2 shown in the layout design. This compact layout of the mixer helps to create an opportunity as a suitable building block for RF integrated circuit (RFIC) applications with moderately high performance in the receiver front end.

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All simulations and implementations take place in the laboratories of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology's Department of ETC, GIET University's Department of ECE, and KIIT University's School of Electronics Engineering. There was no support for this study from any government agency.

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    Shasanka Sekhar Rout

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    Sushanta Kumar Mohapatra

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Author 1 (Shasanka Sekhar Rout): Conceived and implemented the circuit employing simulation, evaluated the correctness of the findings, and produced the paper. Author 2 (S. K. Mohapatra): Conceived and carried out the analysis, calibrated the results, and oversaw the project's review, editing, and supervision. Author 3 (Kabiraj Sethi): Developed the proposed concept, verified the analytical procedures, and monitored the work's findings.

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Rout, S.S., Mohapatra, S.K. & Sethi, K. Design of 2.4 GHz Improved Current Reuse Gilbert Mixer with Source Degeneration Technique. Wireless Pers Commun 122, 3875–3887 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-09115-6

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