A K-band High Gain Linearity Mixer with Current-Bleeding and Derivative Superposition Technique

This paper presents the design and analysis of high linearity RF mixers in a 65-nm CMOS process for K-band down-conversion receivers. Currentbleeding is useful for high gain mixer. However, the circuit linearity is degraded by the third-order transconductance of the current-bleeding cell. The proposed circuit uses Derivative Superposition (DS) technique to both gm-stage and current-bleeding. Circuit simulation results show conversion gain of 9.7 dB and Third Order Input Intercept Point (IIP3) of 5.0 dBm.

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