Low-power quadrature receivers for ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1710-1719

  Tedeschi, Marika ^a   Liscidini, Antonio ^a   Castello, Rinaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Current reuse; LC tank oscillator; low power; low voltage; low IF architecture; RF receiver; self oscillating mixer (SOM); ZigBee receiver

Indexed keywords

CURRENT REUSE; LC-TANK OSCILLATOR; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-IF ARCHITECTURE; RF RECEIVERS; SELF-OSCILLATING MIXER; ZIG-BEE;

MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 77956211570     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2053861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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