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\section{Proposed Ideas}
\label{sec:Proposed Ideas}
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% \addreference{Mai+21}{T. Maiwald et al., "A Broadband Zero-IF Down-Conversion Mixer in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS for Beyond 5G Communication Systems in D-Band," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 2277-2281, July 2021}
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\frametitle{Proposed Design: Overview}
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\item Paper by Maiwald, \emph{et al}. \citereference{Mai+21}
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\begin{itemize}
\item High bandwidth, low power consumption, small size
\item Applicable to electronic beam stearing for mm-Wave
\item SiGe BiCMOS technology (B11HFC) from Infineon Technologies AG with $f_\text{t}/f_\text{max}$ of $250/\SI{370}{\giga\hertz}$
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\addreference{Mai+21}{T. Maiwald et al., ``A Broadband Zero-IF Down-Conversion Mixer in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS for Beyond 5G Communication Systems in D-Band'', in \emph{IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs}, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 2277-2281, July 2021}
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\frametitle{Proposed Design: Mixer Core Cell}
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\item Usage of switching quad (SQuad) instead of conventional Gilbert cell for more voltage headroom
\item Mixer loaded by modified Cherry-Hooper \citereference{CH63} transimpedance amplifier (TIA)
\item Transmission-line based differential L-type matching networks for high bandwidth
\item Signal fed using marchand baluns for high bandwidth
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\addreference{CH63}{E.M. Cherry and D.E. Hooper, ``The design of wide-band transistor feedback amplifiers'', \emph{Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers}, vol. 110, pp. 375-389, February 1963}
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\frametitle{Proposed Design: IF Buffer}
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\item Three-stages: two differential amplifier stages and an emitter follower
\item Includes differential to single-ended conversion enabling dense chip-to-package transition
\item Inductive peaking for bandwidth enhancement
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