Invention Application
- Patent Title: MIXER CIRCUIT
- Patent Title (中): 混频器电路
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Application No.: US12868003Application Date: 2010-08-25
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Publication No.: US20110063013A1Publication Date: 2011-03-17
- Inventor: Young-Jin Kim , Il-Ho Na , Chun-Sik Jeong , Seong-Young Son , Seung-Min Lee , Myung-Woon Hwang
- Applicant: Young-Jin Kim , Il-Ho Na , Chun-Sik Jeong , Seong-Young Son , Seung-Min Lee , Myung-Woon Hwang
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: FCI INC.
- Current Assignee: FCI INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Priority: KR10-2009-0087958 20090917
- Main IPC: G06G7/12
- IPC: G06G7/12

Abstract:
The present invention discloses a mixer circuit for mixing two input signals by source-coupled MOS transistors and outputting a mixed result. A duty cycle controlling MOS transistor is connected to a source of each source-coupled MOS transistor in series. A duty cycle controlling pulse is applied to a gate of the duty cycle controlling MOS transistor. The duty cycle controlling pulse has a phase shift of −90 degrees with respect to a controlling pulse applied to the gate of the source-coupled MOS transistor connected with the duty cycle controlling MOS transistor in series. An AND-combination of the duty cycles of the two controlling pulses applied to the gates of the two MOS transistors connected in series can be controlled at 25%. Comparing to the conventional mixer circuit having a switch control duty cycle of 50%, the present invention achieves the effects of increasing the gain and reducing the noise figure.
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