Patent classifications
H03M1/685
Methods and circuitry for reducing mixer harmonics conversion gain and local oscillator fundamental and harmonics feedthrough
Mixer circuitry can include a first pair of transistors coupled to a first tail node and configured to receive a local oscillator signal, a second pair of transistors coupled to a second tail node and configured to receive the local oscillator signal, a first digital-to-analog converter, a second DAC coupled between the first DAC and of the first pair of transistors, and a third DAC coupled between the first DAC and the second pair of transistors. During a first phase, control circuitry can sweep the first DAC to trim a first and/or other odd order local oscillator feedthrough. During a second phase, the control circuitry can sweep the second DAC to trim a second and/or other even order local oscillator feedthrough. During a third phase, the control circuitry can sweep the second and third DACs to reject signals associated with a second harmonic conversion gain of the mixer circuitry.
Methods and Circuitry for Reducing Mixer Harmonics Conversion Gain and Local Oscillator Fundamental and Harmonics Feedthrough
Mixer circuitry can include a first pair of transistors coupled to a first tail node and configured to receive a local oscillator signal, a second pair of transistors coupled to a second tail node and configured to receive the local oscillator signal, a first digital-to-analog converter, a second DAC coupled between the first DAC and of the first pair of transistors, and a third DAC coupled between the first DAC and the second pair of transistors. During a first phase, control circuitry can sweep the first DAC to trim a first and/or other odd order local oscillator feedthrough. During a second phase, the control circuitry can sweep the second DAC to trim a second and/or other even order local oscillator feedthrough. During a third phase, the control circuitry can sweep the second and third DACs to reject signals associated with a second harmonic conversion gain of the mixer circuitry.
Digital-to-analog converter with dynamic alternating fill order systems and methods
A number of unit cells of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be simultaneously activated to generate an analog signal according to a decoded digital signal. However, while many unit cells may be generally the same, there may be variations in the gains associated with each unit cell (e.g., based on the locations of the activated unit cells within a unit cell array) amounting to a gain gradient that may cause error in the analog output. As such, a fill order may be set or selected to counter such variation by activating a particular arrangement of unit cells, as opposed to simply the number of unit cells, for a given digital signal. By filling the unit cell array from different sides, spatially and/or temporally, the gain gradient associated with the unit cells may be balanced to reduce error and increase the linearity of the DAC.