A 24-GHz receiver frontend with an LO signal generator in 0.18-μm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1043-1051

  Chen, Yu Hsin ^a,b,c   Hsieh, Hsieh Hung ^a,b   Lu, Liang Hung ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Down conversion mixers; Image rejection; K band; Low noise amplifiers (LNAs); Low phase noise voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs); Receiver frontends

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY BANDS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); DOWN-CONVERSION MIXERS; IMAGE REJECTION; K-BAND; LOW-PHASE-NOISE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS (VCO); RECEIVER FRONTENDS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 44049102563     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.920154     Document Type: Article

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