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A New Control Law for N-Path Mixer Switches Enhancing Harmonic Rejection

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper presents a novel methodology to enhance harmonic rejection in N-Path Mixers thanks to a dedicated switch control law. The proposed method reduces the effective local oscillator distortion, in order to limit unwanted harmonics appearance at the mixer output. This is achieved by using a non-conventional control of the N-path mixer switches, based on level crossing sampling techniques. The methodology strength is its ability to be used with any N-path mixer, whatever the number of paths. The article details how to optimally design the switch control. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, simulations have been conducted on 4-path and 8-path mixers and compared to the corresponding conventional N-path mixers. This analysis shows significant improvements in terms of harmonic rejection thanks to this new methodology.

Source: IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration

DOI: 10.1109/vlsi-soc62099.2024.10767838

Authors: Hasan MOUSSA, Estelle LAUGA-LARROZE, Laurent FESQUET

Institutions: Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Techniques of Informatics and Microelectronics for Integrated Systems Architecture, Université Grenoble Alpes

Language: English

Topic: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4404530263

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