A low-power RF direct-conversion receiver/transmitter for 2.4-GHz-band IEEE 802.15.4 standard in 0.18-μm CMOS technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4062-4071

  Nguyen, Trung Kien ^a,b   Krizhanovskii, Vladimir ^b   Lee, Jeongseon ^b   Han, Seok Kyun ^b   Lee, Sang Gug ^a,b   Kim, Nae Soo ^c   Pyo, Cheol Sig ^c  

^a Information and Communications University ^*

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1 f noise; CMOS radio; Dc offset; Driver amplifier (DA); IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver; Low power; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Passive mixer; Transceiver front end

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MIXER CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; STANDARDS;

CMOS RADIO; DC OFFSET; DRIVER AMPLIFIER (DA); IEEE 802.15.4 TRANSCEIVER; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); TRANSCEIVER FRONT-END;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 33847765066     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.885556     Document Type: Article

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