Abstract
In the receive path, a low noise amplifier is normally followed by one or more mixers to translate the RF frequency into a base band frequency. These down conversion mixers multiply two signals, the RF signal and the local oscillator (LO) signal. The multiplication of these two distinctly different signals produces harmonics, due to non-idealities, influencing the information signals. Up conversion mixers are used in a similar way in the transmit path. Several mixer configurations together with their design problems will be treated in this chapter.
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(2003). Mixers. In: Circuit Design For RF Transceivers. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47978-8_4
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