A 0.13 μm CMOS front-end, for DCS1800/UMTS/ 802.11b-g with multiband positive feedback low-noise amplifier

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 981-988

  Liscidini, Antonio ^a,b,d   Brandolini, Massimo ^a,b,c,e   Sanzogni, Davide ^a,b   Castello, Rinaldo ^a,b,e,f  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Technical Staff   (United States)

^f STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS; Direct conversion; Feedback amplifier; High linearity; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Mixer; Multiband; Multistandard; Positive feedback; RF receiver

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONVERSION; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER; HIGH LINEARITY; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); MULTIBAND; MULTISTANDARD; RF RECEIVER;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK; LINEARIZATION; MIXER CIRCUITS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33645666620     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.870890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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