A K-Band CMOS Quadrature Frequency Tripler Using Sub-Harmonic Mixer

A low-power frequency tripler is designed by using the sub-harmonic mixer configuration for K-band applications. The proposed circuit features quadrature signal generation, applicable to LO signal synthesis in millimeter-wave wireless transceivers. It achieves conversion gain of -5.7 dB at the outpu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE microwave and wireless components letters 2009-12, Vol.19 (12), p.822-824
Hauptverfasser:	KUO, Chien-Nan, CHEN, Huan-Sheng, YAN, Tzu-Chao
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences Circuit properties Circuits CMOS CMOS technology Conversion Design. Technologies. Operation analysis. Testing Doubler Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits Electronic circuits Electronics Exact sciences and technology Frequency frequency mixing frequency multiplication Gain Integrated circuits K-band Microwaves Millimeter wave circuits Millimeter wave technology Mixers Noise levels Oscillators, resonators, synthetizers Quadratures Radiocommunications Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices Signal convertors Signal generators Signal synthesis Telecommunications Telecommunications and information theory Transceivers Transmitters. Receivers tripler Voltage
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Zusammenfassung:	A low-power frequency tripler is designed by using the sub-harmonic mixer configuration for K-band applications. The proposed circuit features quadrature signal generation, applicable to LO signal synthesis in millimeter-wave wireless transceivers. It achieves conversion gain of -5.7 dB at the output frequency of 21 GHz. Implemented in a 0.18 mum CMOS technology, the circuit consumes power of 7.5 mW with 1.5 V supply voltage. The entire die occupies an area of 1000times1050 mum 2 .
ISSN:	1531-1309 2771-957X 1558-1764 2771-9588
DOI:	10.1109/LMWC.2009.2033529