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Mixers<br />

Figure 7.2 Transconductance controlled mixer: (a) basic circuit, and (b) output current waveform.<br />

transconductance is controlled by the current Io , which in turn is controlled<br />

by the input voltage v 1. Thus, the output current will be dependent on both<br />

input voltages v 1 and v 2.<br />

Let us now look in detail at the operation of this mixer. As shown in<br />

Chapter 6, the current in a differential pair is related to the voltage by the<br />

following equation:<br />

i1 =<br />

i2 =<br />

I o<br />

1 + e −v 2 /v T<br />

Io<br />

1 + e v 2 /v T<br />

Thus, the difference in the output currents from the mixer is given by<br />

1<br />

io = i1 − i2 = Io�1 + e −v2 /v 1<br />

−<br />

T 1 + e v2 /vT� = Io tanh v 2<br />

2vT 199<br />

(7.1)<br />

(7.2)<br />

This can be converted to a differential voltage with equal load resistors<br />

in the collectors.<br />

For small input signals, if v 2

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