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A millimeter-wave fundamental and subharmonic hybrid CMOS mixer for dual-band applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2020

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Guo Qing Luo
Fang Zhu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of RF Circuits and Systems of Ministry of Education, School of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
Guo Qing Luo*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of RF Circuits and Systems of Ministry of Education, School of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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Author for correspondence: Guo Qing Luo, E-mail: luoguoqing@hdu.edu.cn
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Abstract

This paper proposes and presents a millimeter-wave (MMW) fundamental and subharmonic hybrid mixer in a 65-nm CMOS technology. Based on a hybrid structure with two switching quads and a quasi-diplexer, the proposed circuit can function either as a fundamental mixer (FM) or a subharmonic mixer (SHM) for dual-band applications. An application of the MMW hybrid mixer in a concurrent dual-band receiver is also discussed, which indicates that the proposed mixer can operate at two different MMW frequency bands concurrently as long as the frequency conversion schemes are carefully designed. Measured results show that the 3-dB RF bandwidth of the MMW hybrid mixer ranges from 16 to 35 GHz for the FM mode and 30 to 53 GHz for the SHM mode, respectively.

Keywords

CMOS mixerdual-band mixerhybrid mixermillimeter-wave (MMW)subharmonic mixer
Type
Frequency Mixers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , June 2021 , pp. 424 - 429
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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