Metal-mask configurable RF front-end circuits

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1347-1351

  Xu, Yang ^a   Boone, Cameron ^a,b   Pileggi, Lawrence T ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Griffin Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Circuit optimization; Common gate mixer; Configurable architecture; Implementation fabric; Low noise amplifier (LNA); RF front end; SiGe; Superheterodyne receivers

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATION; COMMON GATE MIXER; CONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE; IMPLEMENTATION FABRIC; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS;

MASKS;

EID: 3843050238     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.831798     Document Type: Article

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