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A Study on Optimization of LO Power for Improving Linearity in MMIC Double Balanced Mixer

MMIC 이중평형 주파수 혼합기의 선형성 개선을 위한 LO Power 최적화 연구

  • Received : 2016.06.09
  • Accepted : 2016.08.01
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

In this paper, a MMIC double balanced mixer that can be applied to the tele-communication band is designed and LO power optimization for the mixer is discussed. The chip of the MMIC double-balanced mixer is fabricated on GaAs substrate with the size of $4{\times}4mm^2$. Optimization study of LO power for the MMIC double-balanced mixer proposed in this paper is conducted for the Input IP3 (IIP3) regarding on the linearity of the input signal. When LO power level of+16 dBm is applied to the mixer, IIP3 is obtained to be approximately 23.2 dBm, which is the most outstanding characteristic.

본 논문에서는 이동통신대역에 사용 가능한 MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) 이중평형 주파수 혼합기(Double Balanced Mixer)를 설계하고 LO 전력 최적화에 관한 연구를 다룬다. 본 논문에서 제안한 MMIC 이중평형 주파수 혼합기의 칩 크기는 $4{\times}4$[$mm^2$]이며, GaAs 기판을 사용한다. LO power에 대한 최적화 연구는 입력신호의 선형성에 대한 Input IP3(IIP3)에 대해서 진행하며, LO power+16 dBm을 인가했을 때 IIP3성분이 약 23.2dBm을 보여 가장 우수한 특성을 나타내었다.

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