A transform method was used to model a discrete time multi-tap direct sampling mixer. The method transforms the mixed filtering and down-sampling stages to separate cascade filtering and sampling stages to determine the unfolded frequency response which shows the anti-aliasing ability of the mixer. The trans-formation can also be applied to other mixed signal and multi-rate receiver systems to analyze their unfolded frequency responses. The transformed system architecture was used to calculate the unfolded frequency response of the multi-tap direct sampling mixer and compared with the mixer model without noise in the advanced design system 2005A environment to further evaluate the frequency response. The simulations show that the -3 dB bandwidth is 3.0 MHz and the voltage gain is attenuated by 1.5 dB within a 1-MHz baseband bandwidth.
A simple and successful method for the stability enhancement of integrated circuits is presented. When the process parameters, temperature, and supply voltage are changed, according to the simulation results, this method yields a standard deviation of the transconductance of MOSFETs that is 41.4% less than in the uncompensated case. This method can be used in CMOS LC oscillator design.
This paper presents an approach for analyzing the key parts of a general digital radio frequency(RF) charge sampling mixer based on discrete-time charge values.The cascade sampling and filtering stages are analyzed and expressed in theoretical formulae.The effects of a pseudo-differential structure and CMOS switch-on resistances on the transfer function are addressed in detail.The DC-gain is restrained by using the pseudo-differential structure.The transfer gain is reduced because of the charge-sharing time constant when taking CMOS switch-on resistances into account.The unfolded transfer gains of a typical digital RF charge sampling mixer are analyzed in different cases using this approach.A circuit-level model of the typical mixer is then constructed and simulated in Cadence SpectreRF to verify the results.This work informs the design of charge-sampling,infinite impulse response(ⅡR) filtering,and finite impulse response(FIR) filtering circuits.The discrete-time approach can also be applied to other multi-rate receiver systems based on charge sampling techniques.
