A 5.4 mW/0.07 mm2 2.4 GHz front-end receiver in 90 nm CMOS for IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN standard

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1372-1383

  Camus, Manuel ^a   Butaye, Benoit ^a   Garcia, Luc ^a   Sié, Mathilde ^a   Pellat, Bruno ^a   Parra, Thierry ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^b LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic gain control (AGC); Channel filter; Coexistence; Divider by two; IEEE 802.15.4; Image rejection ratio (IRR); Integrated balun; Low IF receiver; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Passive mixer; Switched mixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; MIXING; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

CHANNEL FILTERING; CMOS RECEIVERS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; IEEE 802.15.4; INDUCTORLESS; PASSIVE MIXERS; RECEIVER FRONT ENDS; SIGNAL CONDITIONING;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 44649089329     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.922720     Document Type: Article

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