A CMOS switched transconductor mixer

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1231-1240

  Klumperink, Eric A M ^a   Louwsma, Simon M ^a   Wienk, Gerard J M ^a   Nauta, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active circuits; Active mixers; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Communication circuits; Demodulation; Dielectric breakdown; Down conversion mixers; Frequency conversion; Integrated circuit noise; Intermodulation distortion; Linear transconductance

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEMODULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUBES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERMODULATION; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SWITCHING; TRANSMITTERS;

ACTIVE CIRCUITS; ACTIVE MIXERS; CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWNS; DOWN-CONVERSION MIXERS; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT NOISE; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; LINEAR TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 3843105788     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.831797     Document Type: Article

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