Research Article

Performance Driven Six-Port Receiver and Its Advantages over Low-IF Receiver Architecture

Table 4

Power requirements of different receivers under test.

Power typesix-port receiverLow-IF receiver

RF power0.0005 W (−3 dBm)0.0005 W (−3 dBm)
LO power0.001 W (0 dBm)0.001 W (0 dBm)
DC power0 W1.34 W (31.27 dBm)
ADC power  mW (30 dBm)  mW (27 dBm)
Total power1.0015 W (30.01 dBm)1.8415 W (32.65 dBm)