Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2005, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 169-173.

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The Effect of MOSFET Output Impedance on Linearity in the CMOS Gilbert Mixer

TANG Shou-long, LUO Lan, LU Sheng-li   

  1. National ASIC System Engineering Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:2003-11-07 Revised:2004-02-19 Online:2005-03-31 Published:2005-03-31

Abstract: The nonlinearity behavior of the CMOS Gilbert mixer is investigated.The impact of MOSFET output impedance on distortion is studied in depth.The mixer nonlinear model and optimal drain-to-source voltage bias are presented in this paper.The rate of error between the analytical predictions and the Cadence SpectreRF circuit simulation results is less than 10%.

Key words: mixer, CMOS RF IC, linearity, MOSFET output impedance

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