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    Apoorva Bhatia
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    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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    This work presents a high-linearity, low noise figure, Ku-band (12 to 18GHz) LNA-Mixer front-end block in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS process. A tuned transformer converts the single-ended output of the LNA to a differential signal at its secondary which is coupled directly to the tail nodes of the switching pairs of the Gilbert mixer. The LNA output sees a low impedance, and hence a low output voltage swing. This along with the absence of the extra trans-conductance stage in the mixer enhances its linearity. The measured gain, noise figure, and IIP3 at 16GHz input are 12dB, 4dB, and 4dBm. This gives a spurious-free dynamic range of 52dB in a 4GHz bandwidth. The chip consumes 272mW and occupies 1mm2.

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