Saturday, November 12, 2005

Could anyone check my English, please?(^^)

In RF receiver, magnetic-coupling from a local oscillator causes self-mixing. This phenomenon generates large DC offset at the mixer output. It ends up malfunction at the system level. Although there are some factors to cause the self-mixing, the most possible reason is the leakage from on-chip inductor used as a part of tank circuit for the local oscillator. The inductor essentially spreads the magnetic flux abroad. It becomes serious problem in case of this leakage penetrating into the loops formed by the Power/Ground line or the input at the Low Noise Amplifier. To overcome the self-mixing, we propose novel shape of inductor. We name it “Back to Back Anti Phase Inductor”. This shape contributes to the reduction of the magnetic-coupling.

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