Cancellation of second-order intermodulation distortion and enhancement of IIP2 in common-source and common-emitter RF transconductors

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-317

  Sivonen, Pete ^a   Vilander, Ari ^a   Pärssinen, Aarno ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biasing; Common emitter; Common source; Degeneration; Direct conversion; Downconversion mixer; Low voltage; RF; Second order intercept point (IIP2); Second order intermodulation (IM2); Third order intermodulation (IM3) Third order intercept point (IIP3); Transconductor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERMODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOSFET DEVICES; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMMON EMITTER; COMMON SOURCE; DEGENERATION; DOWNCONVERSION MIXER; RADIO FREQUENCY; SECOND ORDER INTERCEPT POINT (IIP2); SECOND ORDER INTERMODULATION (IM2); THIRD ORDER INTERCEPT POINT (IIP3); THIRD ORDER INTERMODULATION (IM3); TRANSCONDUCTOR;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 14644431770     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2004.841571     Document Type: Article

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