A 5.8 GHz Mixer using SiGe HBT Process

DSRC provides high speed radio link between Road Side Equipment and On-Board Equipment within the narrow communication area. In this paper, a 5.8 GHz down-conversion mixer for DSRC communication system is designed and fabricated using 0.8 μm SiGe HBT process technology and RF/LO matching circuits, RF/LO input balun circuits and IF output balun circuit are all integrated on chip. The measured performance is 7.5 dB conversion gain, -2.5 dBm input IP3, 46 dB LO to RF isolation, 56 dB LO to IF isolation, current consumption of 21 mA for 3.0 V supply voltage and the chip size of fabricated mixer is 1.9 mm × 1.3 mm.