Single-stage low-power quadrature RF receiver front-end: The LMV cell

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2832-2841

  Liscidini, Antonio ^a,b   Mazzanti, Andrea ^a,c   Tonietto, Riccardo ^b   Vandi, Luca ^a,d   Andreani, Pietro ^a,d   Castello, Rinaldo ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Current reuse; GPS receiver; LC tank oscillator; Low power; Low voltage; Low IF architecture; RF receiver; Self oscillating mixer (SOM)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT REUSE; LC TANK OSCILLATOR; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); NOISE FIGURE; POWER CONSUMPTION; SELF OSCILLATING MIXER (SOM); VOLTAGE SUPPLY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSCEIVERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33845607572     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.884824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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