IMD reduction in CMOS double-balanced mixer using multibias dual-gate transistors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-9

  Au Yeung, Chung Fai ^a,b   Cheng, Kwok Keung M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Double balanced mixer; Dual gate transistor; Linearization

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-BALANCE MIXERS; DUAL-GATE TRANSISTORS; INTERMODULATION-DISTORTION (IMD) COMPONENTS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; GATES (TRANSISTOR); INTERMODULATION; LINEARIZATION;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 31044453679     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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