A monolithic CMOS 2368±30 MHz transformer based Q-enhanced series-C coupled resonator bandpass filter

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 362-374

  Kulyk, Jim ^a,b,c   Haslett, James ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TRLABS   (Canada)

^d Engineering Institute of   (Canada)

^e Canadian Academy of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMOS; Distortion; LC filters; Monolithic; Noise; Q enhancement; Transformer

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTER; DISTORTIONS; LC FILTERS; MONOLITHIC; Q-ENHANCEMENT;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; RESONATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 31644433963     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.862348     Document Type: Article

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