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Articles and Tutorials on RF Mixer Design. Topics covered are Mixer Fundamentals, High Frequency Mixers, Gilbert Cell Mixers, Diode Mixers, CMOS Mixers and more…
ARTICLES & TUTORIALS ON RF MIXER DESIGN
This Article goes over Mixer Basics, Mixer Terminology, Mixer Topology such as Diode Mixers, FET Mixers, BJT Mixers, Single ended Mixers, Single ended balanced mixers, Double balanced mixers and more…
By Liam Delvin from Plextek
A Tutorial on Mixers. Goes over the basic mixer operation and definitions of key terms.
by Michael Ellis. Good Article explaining the basics of Mixers and mixer design
Mixer Terminology Defined: Conversion Loss, Conversion Compression, Isolation, Dynamic Range, DC Offset,Intermodulation Points and more…
from Mini Circuits
Basics of Mixer Design with Equations, derivations and an explanation of various mixer topologies.
from www.rfic.co.uk - RF, RFIC & Microwave Theory, Design
Understanding Mixer measurement procedures. Topics Covered: Conversion Loss, Isolation and VSWR measurement Techniques.
from Mini Circuits
CMOS RFIC Upconversion Mixer design
Design of a Gilbert Cell MOSFET double balanced mixer with an input IF signal at 200 MHz and an output of 1.8GHz on a 0.35um CMOS process.
by Stephen Long
Low-Power Low-Voltage CMOS RF Mixers
Comparison of different CMOS Mixer Architectures. Gilbert Cell Mixer, Bulk driven mixer (single transistor mixer),Narrowband source coupled pair and more…
by Mohamed Kawokgy
Open-collector Mixer Design for Next Generation RFICs
An open collector Mixer design that provides flexibility in setting parameters such as output impedance, conversion gain and linearity.
by Barry Hunt and Walter Prada -www.rfdesign.com
A detailed Gilbert Cell Mixer Design Tutorial with examples.
by J P Silver from www.rfic.co.uk
A 40 - 45 GHz Monolithic Gilbert Cell Mixer
A downconverter mixer for a broadband access receiver at 40 – 45 GHz with a conversion Loss less than 6 dB and LO power of 10 dBm on GaAs.
by Andrew Dearn and Liam Devlin
Active Mixer Differential to single-ended IF Matching
While single-ended RF and LO input ports are becoming standard on high linearity active mixer ICs, integration of the IF output transformer is difficult and can be undesirable. A discrete balun approach delivers good performance over a relatively narrow IF bandwidth when compared to a transformer-based IF matching technique.
from www.rfdesign.com
Low-Power Mixer Design Example using HP Advanced Design System
This note describes a method for designing a low-power single-transistor active mixer using HP EEsof Advanced Design System (ADS). It includes details on the design steps, simulation setups and data displays.
from HP EEsof
Mixer Design Using Spectre RF Application Note
This application note describes how to use Spectre RF in the Analog Design Environment to measure parameters, which are important in design verification of mixers.
Application Note from Cadence
RF CMOS Power Mixer Design from short range wireless applications with focus on polar modulation
A Masters thesis on RF CMOS power Mixers for Polar Modulation
Masters Thesis by Anna-Maria Lann from Linköping University, Sweden
CMOS RF down-conversion mixer design for low-power wireless communications
This paper aims discusses the design of a low-power single-balanced mixer for down-conversion in wireless RF receivers operating at 1.9 GHz on a 0.18um CMOS Process. The Mixer has a conversion gain of 7 dB, power consumption of 3.86 mW and a Supply voltage of 1.8 V.
A 60-GHz Down - Converting CMOS Single - Gate Mixer
A quadrature balanced single gate CMOS down converting mixer with an RF frequency of 60 GHz and an IF frequency of 2 GHz. The mixer has an output power of 0 dBm and a conversion loss of 2 dB. It is fabricated on a 130nm CMOS process.
Linearization Techniques for Mixers
This Article goes over Gilbert Mixer Basics and Linearization techniques such as emitter degradation, Feedback and other techniques.
By Stephen Yue fromthe University of Toronto
An 18 to 40GHz Double Balanced Mixer MMIC
This paper describes the design and evaluation of aMixer, with an RF frequency from 18 – 40 GHz, LO frequency from 20 to 42 GHz and an IF frequency from 0.1 to 17 GHz. A double balanced topology is used which functions both as an upconverter and a downconverter. The device is fabricated using WIN semiconductors pHEMT process.
Rx Mixer Design for WCDMA Receiver
Design of a Gilbert Cell Mixer from 1900 - 2170 MHz.
By Ilian Kouchev, IIS, ETH Zürich