US 11,770,103 B2
Passive mixer, operating method thereof, and devices including the same
Sunwoo Kong, Daejeon (KR); Bong Hyuk Park, Daejeon (KR); Hui Dong Lee, Daejeon (KR); Seunghyun Jang, Daejeon (KR); and Seok Bong Hyun, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,405.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0049303 (KR), filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337192 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H03D 7/14 (2006.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H03D 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01)
CPC H03D 7/1441 (2013.01) [H03D 3/009 (2013.01); H03D 7/1466 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passive mixer, comprising:
a differential transistor pair comprising a first transistor and a second transistor;
a first inductor having one end connected to the first transistor and another end connected to a ground;
a second inductor having one end connected to the second transistor and another end connected to the ground; and
a third inductor having one end for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and another end connected to the ground.