The design of a 3-V 900-MHz CMOS bandpass amplifier

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-168

  Wu, Chung Yu ^a,b,c,d,e   Hsiao, Shuo Yuan ^a,b,f  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Portland State University   (United States)

^d National Science Council   (Taiwan)

^e National Science Council ^*  (United States)

^f FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bandpass amplifier; Bandpass filter; CMOS technology; Integrated inductor; Low noise amplifier; Mobile communication; Radio frequency; Wireless receiver

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TUNING;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); MILLER CAPACITANCE TUNING SCHEME;

BANDPASS AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031076520     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.551907     Document Type: Article

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