A 7.86 mW +12.5 dBm in-band IIP3 8-to-320 MHz capacitive harmonic rejection mixer in 65nm CMOS

Chul Kim, Sohmyung Ha, Chris Thomas, Siddharth Joshi, Jongkil Park, Lawrence Larson, Gert Cauwenberghs

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Abstract

We present a low-power high-linearity capacitive harmonic rejection mixer for cognitive radio applications. A passive mixer first receiver with capacitive 16-phase sinusoidal weighting implements harmonic rejection down-conversion, and an AC-coupled fully differential capacitor feedback transimpedance amplifier provides baseband linear voltage gain and band-pass filtering achieving an in-band IIP3 of +12.5 dBm at 320 MHz LO over 3 MHz baseband. The 1.62mm2 mixer in 65nm CMOS consumes 40 μW per I/Q complex output channel, and 7.82 mW for 16-phase PLL clock generation and distribution.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationESSCIRC 2014 - Proceedings of the 40th European Solid-State Circuit Conference
EditorsPietro Andreani, Andrea Bevilacqua, Gaudenzio Meneghesso
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages227-230
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479956944
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 31 2014
Event40th European Solid-State Circuit Conference, ESSCIRC 2014 - Venezia Lido, Italy
Duration: Sep 22 2014Sep 26 2014

Publication series

NameEuropean Solid-State Circuits Conference
ISSN (Print)1930-8833

Other

Other40th European Solid-State Circuit Conference, ESSCIRC 2014
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVenezia Lido
Period9/22/149/26/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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