| This thesis presents a novel Subharmonic Double Balanced Mixer topology suitable for implementation in Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) technologies including Silicon Bipolar, BiCMOS, HBT and CMOS process technologies. A 1.9 GHz design fabricated in a 0.35μ BiCMOS process is presented and verified with testing on the fabricated die. Qualitative and quantitative analyses are presented to describe the operation and performance of this new mixer topology. Finally, simulation results for a more linear version of the Subharmonic Double Balanced Mixer topology are presented. |
