Highly linear receiver front-end adopting MOSFET transconductance linearization by multiple gated transistors

TW Kim, B Kim, K Lee - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Highly linear receiver RF front-end adopting MOSFET transconductance linearization by
linearly superposing several common-source FET transistors in parallel (multiple gated …

Second-order intermodulation mechanisms in CMOS downconverters

D Manstretta, M Brandolini… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An in-depth analysis of the mechanisms responsible for second-order intermodulation
distortion in CMOS active downconverters is proposed in this paper. The achievable second …

A CMOS passive mixer with low flicker noise for low-power direct-conversion receiver

S Zhou, MCF Chang - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A CMOS passive mixer is designed to mitigate the critical flicker noise problem that is
frequently encountered in constituting direct-conversion receivers. With a unique single …

Design and analysis of low flicker-noise CMOS mixers for direct-conversion receivers

J Park, CH Lee, BS Kim, J Laskar - IEEE Transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and analysis of low flicker-noise RF mixers in a 0.18-mum
CMOS process for C-band direct-conversion receivers. The low flicker-noise mixers are …

A 4th-order active-G/sub m/-RC reconfigurable (UMTS/WLAN) filter

S D'Amico, V Giannini… - IEEE journal of solid-state …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fourth-order low-pass continuous-time filter for a UMTS/WLAN receiver of a reconfigurable
terminal is presented. The filter uses the cascade of two Active-G/sub m/-RC biquad cells. A …

A 15 mW, 70 kHz 1/f corner direct conversion CMOS receiver

E Sacchi, I Bietti, S Erba, L Tee… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a fully integrated low noise amplifier (LNA)+ mixer+ first filtering stage,
suitable for direct conversion receivers. Its key feature is a current driven passive mixer …

A 1.5-V 45-mW direct-conversion WCDMA receiver IC in 0.13-μm CMOS

J Rogin, I Kouchev, G Brenna… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 2-GHz direct-conversion receiver for wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA) is
presented. It includes two low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), an I/Q demodulator, and two sixth …

CMOS RF amplifier and mixer circuits utilizing complementary characteristics of parallel combined NMOS and PMOS devices

I Nam, B Kim, K Lee - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design and chip fabrication results for complementary RF circuit topologies that utilize the
complementary RF characteristics of both NMOS and PMOS field-effect-transistor devices …

A fully integrated 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS direct conversion receiver front-end with on-chip LO for UMTS

F Gatta, D Manstretta, P Rossi… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS direct-conversion IC realized for the Universal
Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS). The chip comprises a variable gain low-noise …

A 0.77 mW 2.4 GHz RF Front-End With 4.5 dBm In-Band IIP3 Through Inherent Filtering

L Xu, CH Chang, M Onabajo - IEEE Microwave and Wireless …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter describes low-power design techniques that are demonstrated with a 2.4 GHz RF
front-end consuming 0.77 mW while having a-4.5 dBm in-band third-order intermodulation …