A 750 mV fully integrated direct conversion receiver front-end for GSM in 90-nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1310-1317

  Brandolini, Massimo ^a,b,c   Sosio, Marco ^a,b   Svelto, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; DC offset; Direct conversion; GSM; IIP2; IIP3; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Mismatch; Mixer; RF receiver; Second order distortion; Self mixing

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONVERSION; FEEDBACK LOOPS; SECOND-ORDER DISTORTION; SELF MIXING;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MOBILE PHONES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE NOISE; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 34249783954     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.897131     Document Type: Article

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