Improving the dynamic range of Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixers for homodyne receivers

A unique Si MMIC Gilbert cell mixer has been developed which exhibits a 20 dB dynamic range improvement for homodyne receivers over the conventional Gilbert cell mixer for essentially the same gain, noise figure, chip size, cost, and DC power consumption.<<ETX>>

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