Very low-voltage (0.8 V) CMOS receiver frontend for 5 GHz RF applications

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 149, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 355-362

  El Gamal, M N ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Tsang, T K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MIXER CIRCUITS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO SYSTEMS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS RECEIVER; DIFFERENTIAL LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0036823256     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20020605     Document Type: Article

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