A monolithic 5.9-GHz CMOS I/Q direct-down converter utilizing a quadrature coupler and transformer-coupled subharmonic mixers

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-199

  Chen, Hsiao Chin ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Lu, Shey Shi ^a   Huang, Guo Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coupler; Direct down conversion; Subharmonic mixer (SHM); Transformer

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; GAIN CONTROL; MIXER CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

COUPLER; DE-OFFSET; DIRECT-DOWN CONVERSION; SUBHARMONIC MIXER (SHM);

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 33645660739     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.872123     Document Type: Article

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