A CMOS wideband RF front-end with mismatch calibrated harmonic rejection mixer for terrestrial digital TV tuner applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2143-2151

  Cha, Hyouk Kyu ^a,b   Kwon, Kuduck ^a,c   Choi, Jaeyoung ^a   Kim, Hong Teuk ^d   Lee, Kwyro ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^d LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC); CMOS RF front end; digital TV (DTV) tuner; direct conversion receiver; harmonic rejection mixer (HRM); mismatch calibration; tracking filter; wideband receiver

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TELEVISION SYSTEMS COMMITTEES; CMOS RF FRONT-END; DIGITAL TV; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; HARMONIC REJECTION MIXER; MISMATCH CALIBRATION; TRACKING FILTER; WIDEBAND RECEIVERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CALIBRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; FILTER BANKS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; TELEVISION APPLICATIONS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; TELEVISION SYSTEMS; TUNERS;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 77955715136     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2053072     Document Type: Article

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