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Low Power High Linearity 14-23 GHz SiGe HBT Downconversion Mixer

Ahmed et al., 2021

Document ID
8283484215966266073
Author
Ahmed S
Schumacher H
Publication year
Publication venue
SMACD/PRIME 2021; International Conference on SMACD and 16th Conference on PRIME

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This paper presents a low power, highly linear RF to IF down-conversion mixer operating at 14-23 GHz RF frequency in a 0.13 micrometer SiGe: C BiCMOS technology. The mixer is designed as a modified Gilbert cell topology where the RF transconductance stage is …
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