Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY DOUBLER USING A PASSIVE MIXER FOR MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES
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Application No.: US15928910Application Date: 2018-03-22
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Publication No.: US20190296720A1Publication Date: 2019-09-26
- Inventor: See Taur Lee , Abdellatif Bellaouar
- Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Main IPC: H03K5/00
- IPC: H03K5/00 ; H03K17/687 ; H03D7/14

Abstract:
We disclose frequency doublers for use in millimeter-wave devices. One such frequency doubler comprises at least one passive mixer comprising at least one of the following: at least one transistor configured to receive a back gate voltage; at least one first input driver circuit; and two second input driver circuits. We also disclose a method comprising determining a target output voltage of a frequency doubler comprising at least one passive mixer comprising at least one transistor configured to receive a back gate voltage; determining an output voltage of the frequency doubler; increasing a back gate voltage of the at least one transistor, in response to determining that the output voltage is below the target output voltage; and decreasing the back gate voltage of the at least one transistor, in response to determining that the output voltage is above the target output voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US10432179B1 Methods, apparatus, and system for frequency doubler using a passive mixer for millimeter wave devices Public/Granted day:2019-10-01
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