IF amplifier section in 90 nm CMOS technology for SoC microwave radiometers

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 731-733

  Alimenti, F ^a   Leone, S ^b   Tasselli, G ^a   Palazzari, V ^a   Roselli, L ^a   Zito, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b MAXIM Integrated Products   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Microsystems; Microwave radiometry; Microwave receivers; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

90NM CMOS; CORE AREA; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; FULLY INTEGRATED; IF AMPLIFIERS; IF FILTERS; LINEARITY RANGE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIC SENSORS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MICROWAVE RECEIVERS; MOS TRANSISTORS; NOVEL DESIGN; OFF-CHIP COMPONENTS; POWER DETECTORS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SIGE BICMOS; SINGLE CAPACITOR; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEARIZATION; LOW PASS FILTERS; MICROSYSTEMS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 70449533671     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2032018     Document Type: Article

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