A 5-6 GHz 1-V CMOS direct-conversion receiver with an integrated quadrature coupler

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1963-1974

  Chen, Hsiao Chin ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Lu, Shey Shi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct down conversion; Folded cascode; Front end; Homodyne receivers; LO self mixing; Low voltage operation; Low noise amplifiers; Mixers; RFIC

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXER CIRCUITS;

DIRECT DOWN CONVERSION; FOLDED CASCODE; HOMODYNE RECEIVERS; LOW VOLTAGE OPERATION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 34548267552     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.903041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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