Design and Implementation of a Near Zero IF Sub-harmonic Cascode FET Mixer for 2.4 GHz WLL Base-Station

Near Zero IF를 갖는 2.4 GHz WLL 기지국용 하모닉 Cascode FET 혼합기 설계 및 제작

  • Lee, Hyok (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Jeong, Youn-Suk (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Pyo (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Jea-Hoon (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 이혁 (한양대학교 전자통신전파공학과) ;
  • 정윤석 (한양대학교 전자통신전파공학과) ;
  • 김정표 (한양대학교 전자통신전파공학과) ;
  • 최재훈 (한양대학교 전자전기컴퓨터공학부)
  • Published : 2003.05.01

Abstract

In this paper, a near zero If mixer was designed in cascode structure by using two single-gate FETs. Since it is driven by the second order harmonic of LO signal, a sub-harmonic cascode FET mixer has good LO-RF port isolation characteristic. In order to solve DC offset of a homodyne system, near zero If is used instead of zero If and the mixer is driven by sub-harmonic of LO signal. As RF input power was -30 dBm and LO power was 6 dBm, the designed mixer had 6.7 dB conversion gain, 8.4 dB noise figure, 31.5 dB LO-RF port isolation, -1.9 dBm lIP3 and -2.8 dBm IIP2.

본 논문에서는 LO 신호의 2차 하모닉 성분을 이용하여 2개의 FET를 cascode 구조로 구성한 near zero If특성을 갖는 하모닉 혼합기를 설계,제작하였다. 호모다인 방식에서 사용되는 혼합기는 DC offset이 가장 심각한 문제이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 단자간 분리도를 좋게 하고 near zero IF를 사용하여 혼합기를 설계하였다. 본 논문에서 구현된 혼합기는 간결한 구조에 비해 LO-RF 단자간 분리도가 우수하다. 설계된 혼합기에서 RF 입력 전력 -30 dBm, LO 입력 전력 6 dBm에 대해, 변환이득은 6.7 dB, 잡음지수는 8.4 dB, LO-RF 단자간 분리도는 31.5 dB, IIP3는 -1.9 dBm, IIP2는 -2.8 dBm이다.

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