A CMOS subharmonic mixer with input and output active baluns

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2472-2478

  Jackson, Brad R ^a   Saavedra, Carlos E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active balun; Direct conversion receiver; MMIC; RF CMOS; Subharmonic mixer

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MIXER CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); REFLECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTIVE BALUN; CONVERSION GAIN; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; SUBHARMONIC MIXERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33750568966     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21957     Document Type: Article

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