Passive Mixer-based UWB Receiver with Low Loss, High Linearity and Noise-cancelling for Medical Applications

• Autorzy: Kareem Thaar A. , Trabelsi Hassen

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DOI

10.24425/ijet.2023.144332

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A double balanced passive mixer-based receiver operating in the 3-5 GHz UWB for medical applications is described in this paper. The receiver front-end circuit is composed of an inductorless low noise amplifier (LNA) followed by a fully differential voltage-driven double-balanced passive mixer. A duty cycle of 25% was chosen to eliminate overlap between LO signals, thereby improving receiver linearity. The LNA realizes a gain of 25.3 dB and a noise figure of 2.9 dB. The proposed receiver achieves an IIP3 of 3.14 dBm, an IIP2 of 17.5 dBm and an input return loss (S11) below -12.5dB. Designed in 0.18μm CMOS technology, the proposed mixer consumes 0.72pW from a 1.8V power supply. The designed receiver demonstrated a good ports isolation performance with LO_IF isolation of 60dB and RF_IF isolation of 78dB.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

WBAN; UWB receiver; LNA; passive mixer; linearity; port isolation

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 69, No. 1
• Strony: 61--67
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kareem Thaar A.

• Systems Integration & Emerging Energies Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department, National Engineers School of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

autor

Trabelsi Hassen

• Systems Integration & Emerging Energies Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department, National Engineers School of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).