TQ5M34
Data Sheet
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Mxer – Filter Interaction:
Before attempting a new TQ5M34 application, it is important
to understand the nonlinear interaction between the image
filter and the mxer. The device IP3 and Idd are a strong
function of this interaction. For this reason it is helpful to
consider the filter and TQ5M34 as one nonlinear block.
Figure 3 shows a much simplified block diagramof the image
filter and mxer. The RF signal passes through the image filter
and is converted down to the IF where it is amplified by the IF
output FET. The quiescent current in the IF amplifier is set by
the GIC network. Both the filter and the mxer termnate the
RF signal with 50 ohms.
However, the situation is much different with the LO signal. At
the LO frequency the image filter looks like a short circuit.
Some LO energy leaks out of the RF port, bounces back off of
the image filter and returns back into the mxer with some
phase or delay. The delayed LO signal mxes with the normal
LO to create a DC offset which is fed into the IF amplifier and
changes the quiescent current. Depending on the phase of
the reflected LO, the IF stage current may be higher or lower.
The DC offset also affects the passive mxer FET to some
degree as well. It has been found empirically that varying the
delay between the filter and mxer can have positive or
negative consequences on IP3, CG, and NF. Because the RF
input matching network also affects the LO leakage phase,
improvements in IP3 can be made by simply using a different
topology RF input matching network.
Thus tuning the TQ5M34 for a specific application becomes
an iterative process.
25-100 ohms at RF-
short circuit at LO
band pass
LO Leakage
LO Leakage
( f )
Mixer
LO
IF + DC
Offset
RF in
TQ5M34
+ LO) = DC Offset
(LO Leakage
( f )
at Mixer IF Output
Idd + Idd Offset
IF Output
FET
to GIC
RF in
IF Output
Figure 3. Non-linear filter-Mxer Interaction