Inventors:
Vance H. Peterson - Boca Raton FL
International Classification:
H04B 126
Abstract:
A mixer circuit (230) comprises a double balanced mixer (370) including a first pair of transistors (Q3, Q4) and a second pair of transistors (Q5, Q6) and a differential amplifier (330) including a pair of transistors (Q1, Q2) coupled to a first reference voltage (302). A coupling element (C3) is inserted between a common emitter node (391) of the first pair of transistors (Q3, Q4) of the double balanced mixer (370) and the output node of one of the pair of transistors (Q1) of the RF input stage (330), and a coupling element (C4) is inserted between a common emitter node (392) of the second pair of transistors (Q5, Q6) of the double balanced mixer (370) and the output node of the other pair of transistors (Q2) of the differential amplifier (330).