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As discussed in Sect. 2 and illustrated in Fig. 10.1, mixers convert the high RF frequency to a low IF frequency in receivers and vice versa in transmitters. The corresponding circuits are referred to as down- and up-mixers, respectively. An LO signal provided by a VCO is required for this operation. For capacity reasons and to allow coexistence with other standards, the data has to be transmitted by means of a high RF carrier frequency, whereas in the receiver, low IF frequencies are required for simple baseband processing.

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(2007). Mixers. In: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35790-2_10

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