摘要:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filter circuit capable of increasing a frequency range of good input impedance matching, having a steeper attenuation characteristic, and capable of increasing an attenuation amount.SOLUTION: The filter circuit includes a passive mixer circuit, and a passive switched capacitor circuit including a flying capacitor, connected to a stage subsequent to the passive mixer circuit. The passive mixer circuit generates a baseband signal by multiplying an input signal supplied with predetermined signal source impedance by a local oscillation signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the passive switched capacitor circuit. The passive switched capacitor circuit outputs the baseband signal supplied by the passive mixer circuit after applying predetermined filtering. Capacitance of the flying capacitor in the passive switched capacitor circuit serves for matching the input impedance of the passive mixer circuit to the signal source impedance.
摘要:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform frequency conversion such that a frequency conversion gain is maximized and/or the level of noise in a converted signal is minimized.SOLUTION: A method includes using a quadrature set of local oscillator signals having duty cycles of substantially less than 50 percent to perform a mixing operation on a radio-frequency current signal. Other embodiments include using a quadrature set of local oscillator signals having duty cycles of less than 25 percent.
摘要:
A method according to one embodiment includes using a quadrature set of local oscillator signals having duty cycles of substantially less than fifty percent to perform a mixing operation on a radio-frequency current signal. Other embodiments include using a quadrature set of local oscillator signals having duty cycles of less than twenty-five percent.
摘要:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mixer which can properly remove second-order harmonic distortion components due to transconductance imbalance in a core.SOLUTION: An output signal from a low-noise amplifier circuit is coupled to a mixer input port of the mixer circuit via an AC coupling circuit comprising an inductive or capacitive coupling circuit. For capacitive coupling configurations, a coupling capacitor is configured to have a capacitance value determined as a function of a transconductance sensitivity of the mixer circuit.
摘要:
A receiver circuit (10) is disclosed comprising: a low-noise amplifier circuit (12); a mixer circuit (14); and a capacitive coupling circuit (16) comprising matched capacitive coupling circuits. In one aspect, the mixer circuit has a transconductance g m of 50 to 200, the capacitive coupling having a capacitance C of 0.5 to 10 pF to couple an output radio frequency, RF, signal of the low-noise amplifier circuit into inputs of the mixer circuit, wherein ÉC > g m . In another aspect, the capacitive coupling circuit (16) comprises matched capacitive coupling circuits having a capacitor sized for a voltage drop of about 25 mV at room temperature such that sensitivity of the mixer circuit to imbalances in transconductance gains g m is reduced. In a further aspect, it is disclosed a receiver circuit (10) comprising a single-ended low-noise amplifier circuit (12); a quadrature mixer circuit (14) having a first and a second input; and a capacitive coupling circuit (16) that splits the single-ended output signal from the low-noise amplifier circuit into a first signal applied to the first quadrature mixer input, and a second signal applied to the second quadrature mixer input.