IIP2 calibration by injecting DC offset at the mixer in a wireless receiver

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1135-1139

  Elahi, Imtinan ^a   Muhammad, Khurram ^a  

^a TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Digital control; Intermodulation distortion; Mixers; Radio receivers

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RADIO; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); RADIO RECEIVERS; SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTERS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

DIGITAL CALIBRATIONS; DIGITAL CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RECEIVER FRONT-ENDS; REVERSE ISOLATION; SECOND ORDER INTERCEPT POINTS; THREE PORT NETWORKS; WIRELESS RECEIVERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 61449097820     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2007.905376     Document Type: Article

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