Design and Stability Analysis of a Low-Voltage Subharmonic Cascode FET Mixer

• Published in: IEEE transactions on circuits and systems. II, Express briefs Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 153 - 157
• Main Authors: Hu Zijie, Mouthaan, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.03.2012; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Admittance; cascode FET; class-B biasing; Conversion; Electric potential; FETs; Harmonic analysis; Integrated circuits; large-signal stability analysis; Mixers; Noise levels; Oscillations; Oscillators; parametric oscillations; Radio frequency; Stability analysis; subharmonic mixer (SHM); Voltage

A novel biasing scheme to realize a low-voltage subharmonic cascode FET mixer is presented. The proposed biasing requires a low supply voltage and effectively facilitates the generation of the second harmonic of the local oscillator (LO) signal for subharmonic mixing. Hence, the proposed subharmonic...