A 1.57-GHz RF front-end for triple conversion GPS receiver

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-209

  Piazza, Francesco ^b,c   Huang, Qiuting ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IEEE

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Integrated Systems Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDMA; Frequency synthesis; GPS; Low noise amplifier; Low power; Mixer; MMIC; Receiver; RF front end

Indexed keywords

RF FRONT END; TRIPLE CONVERSION;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; MICROWAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 0032002582     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.658621     Document Type: Article

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