A monolithic double-balanced direct conversion mixer with an integrated wideband passive balun

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 622-629

  Hamed, Karim W ^a   Freundorfer, Alois P ^a   Antar, Yahia M M ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active mixer; Balun; Conversion gain; Direct conversion receiver; Gilbert cell; QPSK demodulator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DEMODULATORS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ACTIVE MIXERS; BALUN; CONVERSION GAIN; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; GILBERT CELLS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING (QPSK) DEMODULATORS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 16244383240     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.843598     Document Type: Article

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