JELE_V6_N3_RP6 K. Venkatesh T. Ravi Sekhar Journal on Electronics Engineering 2249 – 0760 6 3 36 40 Embedded Active Inductance, IQ VCO-Mixer, Noise Figure, Power Dissipation, Tuning Voltage An embedded active inductance technique is used in 2.41GHz ISM Receiver IQ VCO-mixer. The receiver consists of an active inductance topology and the VCO-mixer network, which is designed for low area and low power. The VCO-mixer is based on an IQ cross-coupled embedded active inductor VCO, where the two single oscillators are coupled through active loads. RC oscillators have the advantage of being inductorless (i.e. low area), while typically having a high power consumption. As for quadrature, the coupling of two single oscillators is done with a shunt technique that uses PMOS as active loads, instead of the resistors. The mixer is an add-on to this oscillator, taking advantage of its similarities with a single-balanced mixer. The use of the active load increases the conversion gain. This topology consumes approximately 11.4 % less power in comparison to the IQ cross-coupled RC relaxation VCO-mixer. The mixing function is incorporated in the IQ VCO, benefiting from an increased gain. The receiver IQ VCO-mixer has a gain of 12.22 dB and a noise figure of 7.98 dB, consuming 7.98 mW from a 1.2 V power supply. March – May 2016 Copyright © 2016 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5958