Unified Frequency-Domain Analysis of Switched-Series-RC Passive Mixers and Samplers

Soer, Michiel C.M. and Klumperink, Eric A.M. and Boer de, Pieter Tjerk and Vliet van, Frank E. and Nauta, Bram (2010) Unified Frequency-Domain Analysis of Switched-Series-RC Passive Mixers and Samplers. IEEE transactions on circuits and systems I: regular papers, 57 (10). pp. 2618-2631. ISSN 1549-8328

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Abstract:	A wide variety of voltage mixers and samplers are implemented with similar circuits employing switches, resistors, and capacitors. Restrictions on duty cycle, bandwidth, or output frequency are commonly used to obtain an analytical expression for the response of these circuits. This paper derives unified expressions without these restrictions. To this end, the circuits are decomposed into a polyphase multipath combination of single-ended or differential switched-series-RC kernels. Linear periodically timevariant network theory is used to find the harmonic transfer functions of the kernels and the effect of polyphase multipath combining. From the resulting transfer functions, the conversion gain, output noise, and noise figure can be calculated for arbitrary duty cycle, bandwidth, and output frequency. Applied to a circuit, the equations provide a mathematical basis for a clear distinction between a “mixing” and a “sampling” operating region while also covering the design space “in between.” Circuit simulations and a comparison with mixers published in literature are performed to support the analysis.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2010 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/73654
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2010.2046968
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