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A mixer, or frequency converter, converts a signal from one frequency (typically ωrf) to another frequency (typically ωif) with a certain gain. This gain is called the conversion gain (G c ) and is defined to be the output signal amplitude at ωif divided by the input signal amplitude at ωrf. The power gain of a mixer, G, which has already been defined in Chapter 2, is related to this G
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Leung, B. (2011). Active Mixer. In: VLSI for Wireless Communication. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0986-1_4
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