An active feedback interference cancellation technique for blocker filtering in RF receiver front-ends

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 989-997

  Werth, Tobias D ^a   Schmits, Christoph ^b   Wunderlich, Ralf ^a   Heinen, Stefan ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active filters; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Feedback; Interference suppression; Mixer noise; Mixers; Nonlinear distortion; Receivers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FEEDBACK; CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONTROL LOOP; FEED-FORWARD; FEEDBACK INTERFERENCE; GAIN DEGRADATIONS; GAIN MATCHING; I/Q MISMATCH; NOISE MECHANISMS; NON-IDEALITIES; OPEN-LOOP GAIN; PROTOTYPE CHIP; RF RECEIVERS; WIRELESS RECEIVERS;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ANALOG CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NONLINEAR DISTORTION; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; RADIO INTERFERENCE;

INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION;

EID: 77951668864     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2041405     Document Type: Article

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