Noise in RF-CMOS mixers: A simple physical model

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-25

  Darabi, Hooman ^a   Abidi, Asad A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO RECEIVERS; WHITE NOISE;

ACTIVE MIXERS; FLICKER NOISE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033906876     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.818916     Document Type: Article

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