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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2016.27.9.825

Zigbee Transmitter Using a Low-Power High-Gain Up-Conversion Mixer  

Baik, Seyoung (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Seo, Changwon (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Jin, Ho Jeong (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Cho, Choon Sik (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.27, no.9, 2016 , pp. 825-833 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper introduces a direct-conversion CMOS RF transmitter for the IEEE 802.15.4 standard with a low-power high-gain up-conversion mixer designed in $0.18{\mu}m$ process. The designed RF DCT(Direct Conversion Transmitter) is composed of differential DAC(Digital to Analog Converter), passive low-pass filter, quadrature active mixer and drive amplifier. The most important characteristic in designing RF DCT is to satisfy the 2.4 GHz Zigbee standard in low power. The quadrature active mixer inside the proposed RF DCT provides enough high gain as well as sufficient linearity using a gain boosting technique. The measurement results for the proposed transmitter show very low power consumption of 7.8 mA, output power more than 0 dBm and ACPR (Adjacent Channel Power Ratio) of -30 dBc.
Keywords
Direct Conversion Transmitter; High-Gain Up-Conversion Mixer; Zigbee; Low Power; ACPR;
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