Monolithic broadband gilbert micromixer with an integrated marchand Balun using standard silicon IC process

Sheng Che Tseng; Chin-Chun Meng; Chia Hung Chang; Chih Kai Wu; Guo Wei Huang

doi:10.1109/TMTT.2006.884690

Monolithic broadband gilbert micromixer with an integrated marchand Balun using standard silicon IC process

Sheng Che Tseng^*, Chin-Chun Meng, Chia Hung Chang, Chih Kai Wu, Guo Wei Huang

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National Chiao Tung University

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Abstract

A single-ended wideband downconversion Gilbert microniixer is demonstrated in this paper using 0.35-μm SiGe BiCMOS technology. A transimpedance amplifier with resistive feedback is utilized in the IF stage while a broadband Marchand balun is employed to generate wideband differential local oscillator signals. The planar Marchand balun topology employed in this paper can generate truly balanced signals even in the presence of the lossy low-resistivity (∼10 Ω · cm) silicon substrate. A systematic approach to measure the frequency response of each individual stage in a Gilbert mixer is developed in this paper. This single-ended wideband mixer has the conversion gain of 15 dB, IP_1dB of -19 dBm, IIP₃ of -7 dBm, and the noise figure of 13 dB. The mixer works from 3.5 to 14.5 GHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4362-4371
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	54
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2006.884690
State	Published - 1 Dec 2006

Keywords

Downconverter
Marchand balun
Microniixer
SiGe BiCMOS
Silicon substrate
Transimpedance amplifier (TIA)
Wideband

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Monolithic broadband gilbert micromixer with an integrated marchand Balun using standard silicon IC process

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