A 0.6-V zero-IF/low-IF receiver with integrated fractional-N synthesizer for 2.4-GHz ISM-band applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-553

  Balankutty, Ajay ^a   Yu, Shih An ^a   Feng, Yiping ^a   Kinget, Peter R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

2.4 GHz ISM band; Biquad filter; Complex filter; Integrated receiver; Polyphase filter; Ultra low voltage

Indexed keywords

BIQUAD FILTER; COMPLEX FILTERS; INTEGRATED RECEIVERS; POLY PHASE FILTERS; ULTRALOW VOLTAGE;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; DESIGN; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 77649170237     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2039827     Document Type: Article

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