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V.2 4-path Filter Simulations<br />

V.2.a 4-path Filter Architecture<br />

Figure 185. Simulated 4-path filter<br />

phi 0°<br />

phi 90°<br />

phi 180°<br />

phi 270°<br />

Figure 186. Non-overlapped 25% duty-cycle clocks<br />

This 4-path filter architecture presented in Figure 185 uses a non-overlapped 25%<br />

duty-cycle clock <strong>de</strong>picted in Figure 186. It also cancels the even harmonics of the switching<br />

frequency due to anti-phase switching of the differential input. To simplify, it has been chosen<br />

to perform first simulation trials with a 4-path (N=4) architecture. With an N-phase high-Q<br />

BPF, the closest folding frequency is shifted to (N-1) th harmonic, which can be pushed to high<br />

frequency by using a large N value. However, “although folding frequencies are moved to<br />

higher frequencies, the input impedance seen from the RF si<strong>de</strong> is equal to the baseband<br />

impedance shifted to the LO frequency and all of its odd harmonics, along with scaling<br />

factors that resemble to sinc function with respect to the harmonic number” [V.4].<br />

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