Analysis and implementation of a CMOS even harmonic mixer with current reuse for heterodyne/direct conversion receivers

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1741-1751

  Lee, Shuenn Yuh ^a   Huang, Ming Feng ^a   Kuo, Chung J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DELTA ELECTRONICS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Current reuse; Direct conversion receivers; Even harmonic mixer (EHM); Heterodyne receivers

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HETERODYNING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

CURRENT REUSE; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; EVEN HARMONIC MIXER (EHM); HARMONIC MIXER; HETERODYNE CONVERSION RECEIVERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 27144538971     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.852487     Document Type: Article

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