A 17.1-17.3-GHz image-reject downconverter with phase-tunable LO using 3 × subharmonic injection locking

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2321-2332

  Yue, Stephen Y ^a   Ma, Dennis K ^b   Long, John R ^c  

^a ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

^b Synopsys Canada Corporation   (Canada)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image reject mixing; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Low power design; Low voltage design; Transformer balun; Wireless downconverter; Wireless local area networking

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

IMAGE-REJECT MIXING; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); LOW-POWER DESIGN; LOW-VOLTAGE DESIGN; TRANSFORMER BALUN; WIRELESS DOWNCONVERTER; WIRELESS LOCAL-AREA NETWORKING;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 10444252538     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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