A 1 GHz CMOS RF front-end IC for a direct-conversion wireless receiver

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 880-889

  Rofougaran, Ahmadreza ^b,c,d   Chang, James Y C ^b,c,e,f   Rofougaran, Maryam ^b,c   Abidi, Asad A ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Tau Beta Pi ^*

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^j Advanced LSI Development Laboratory

^k HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MIXER CIRCUITS; PERFORMANCE; RADIO RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CONVERSION GAIN; DIRECT CONVERSION WIRELESS RECEIVER; DOUBLE SIDEBAND NOISE FIGURE; DOWN CONVERSION MIXER; FRONT END INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0030195529     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.508199     Document Type: Article

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