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- Title
AN EFFICIENT SPICE-BASED TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF BJT MIXERS.
- Authors
RAUT, RABIN; DEVABHAKTUNI, VIJAY; ROY, NILADRI
- Abstract
In this paper, we present a fast and simple SPICE-based technique for the performance characterization of BJT mixers. First, exploiting fundamental concepts, an AC equivalent circuit of a radio-frequency bipolar junction transistor mixer is derived. Second, this equivalent circuit is used to estimate the conversion gain, noise-figure, and nonlinearity characteristics of the mixer. The proposed technique has been validated using simulations on integrated and discrete transistor based mixer circuits.
- Subjects
BIPOLAR transistors; MIXING circuits; ALTERNATING currents; BIPOLAR integrated circuits; CASCADE converters
- Publication
Journal of Circuits, Systems & Computers, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 6, p1333
- ISSN
0218-1266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0218126610006700