A 3.15-mW +16.0-dBm IIP3 22-dB CG Inductively Source Degenerated Balun-LNA Mixer With Integrated Transformer-Based Gate Inductor and IM2 Injection Technique

• Main Authors: Vitee, Nandini, Ramiah, Harikrishnan, Mak, Pui-In, Yin, Jun, Martins, Rui Paulo
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2020
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24778/; https://doi.org/10.1109/TVLSI.2019.2950961

This article proposes two linearization techniques in improving the third-order input intercept point (IIP3) of a balun-low-noise amplifier (LNA) mixer. First, the intrinsic third-order intermodulation (IM3) product of the inductively source degenerated (ISD) transconductor from the second-order der...