N-path filters and mixer-first receivers–a review

E Klumperink, B Nauta - IC Design Insights-from Selected …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The N-path filter concept, also known as commutated filter or frequency translated filter, can
offer high-Q and high-linearity RF-filtering with acceptable noise. This chapter reviews …

A blocker-tolerant, noise-cancelling receiver suitable for wideband wireless applications

D Murphy, H Darabi, A Abidi, AA Hafez… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new wideband receiver architecture is proposed that employs two separate passive-mixer-
based downconversion paths, which enables noise cancelling, but avoids voltage gain at …

Design of active N-path filters

M Darvishi, R van der Zee… - IEEE journal of solid-state …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A design methodology for synthesis of active N-path bandpass filters is introduced. Based
on this methodology, a 0.1-to-1.2 GHz tunable 6th-order N-path channel-select filter in 65 …

A 0.4–6 GHz receiver for cellular and WiFi applications

H Razavi, B Razavi - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wideband RF receiver employs a multi-loop architecture to ease the tradeoff between
noise and linearity, a new method of harmonic rejection that relaxes gain and phase …

Widely Tunable 4th Order Switched G-C Band-Pass Filter Based on N-Path Filters

M Darvishi, R van der Zee… - IEEE journal of solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A widely tunable 4th order BPF based on the subtraction of two 2nd order 4-path passive-
mixer filters with slightly different center frequencies is proposed. The center frequency of …

Tunable N-path notch filters for blocker suppression: Modeling and verification

A Ghaffari, EAM Klumperink… - IEEE journal of solid-state …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
N-path switched-RC circuits can realize filters with very high linearity and compression point
while they are tunable by a clock frequency. In this paper, both differential and single-ended …

Channel selection at RF using Miller bandpass filters

JW Park, B Razavi - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Channel selection at the input of RF receivers can considerably relax linearity requirements,
leading to low-power, compact implementations. A GSM/WCDMA/802.11 b/g receiver …

A fully passive RF front end with 13-dB gain exploiting implicit capacitive stacking in a bottom-plate N-path filter/mixer

VK Purushothaman, EAM Klumperink… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A low-power interferer-robust mixer-first receiver front end that uses a novel capacitive
stacking technique in a bottom-plate N-path filter/mixer is proposed. Capacitive stacking is …

A survey of self-interference in LTE-advanced and 5G new radio wireless transceivers

S Sad**a, C Motz, T Paireder… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a comprehensive survey of the literature on self-interference (SI) in long-
term evolution advanced (LTE-A) and fifth-generation (5G) new radio transceivers and …

A Blocker-Tolerant RF Front End With Harmonic-Rejecting -Path Filter

Y Xu, J Zhu, PR Kinget - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An RF front end with a harmonic-rejecting N-path filter is presented. It features tunable
narrow-band filtering and high attenuation at the third-and fifth-order local oscillator (LO) …