Invention Application
- Patent Title: Frequency mixing apparatus
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Application No.: US11222011Application Date: 2005-09-08
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Publication No.: US20060057998A1Publication Date: 2006-03-16
- Inventor: Bevin Perumana , Sudipto Chakraborty , Chang-Ho Lee , Joy Laskar , Sang-Hyun Woo
- Applicant: Bevin Perumana , Sudipto Chakraborty , Chang-Ho Lee , Joy Laskar , Sang-Hyun Woo
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si US GA Atlanta
- Priority: KR20622/2005 20050311
- Main IPC: H04B1/18
- IPC: H04B1/18

Abstract:
A frequency mixing apparatus is provided. In the frequency mixing apparatus, a PMOS transistor is coupled to an NMOS transistor in a cascode configuration and an LO signal is applied to the bulks of the PMOS and NMOS transistors so that an input signal applied to their gates is mixed with the LO signal. High isolation between the bulks and gates of the transistors resulting from application of the LO signal to the bulks prevents leakage of the LO signal, thereby decreasing a DC offset voltage. This renders the frequency mixing applicable to a DCR. Also, due to the cascade configuration similar to an inverter configuration, the frequency mixing apparatus can be incorporated in an FPGA of a MODEM in SDR applications. Frequency mixing based on switching of a threshold voltage decreases a noise factor and enables frequency mixing in a low supply voltage range, thereby decreasing power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US07113008B2 Frequency mixing apparatus Public/Granted day:2006-09-26
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