A broadband CMOS RF front-end for universal tuners supporting multi-standard terrestrial and cable broadcasts

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-406

  Im, Donggu ^a   Kim, Hongteuk ^b   Lee, Kwyro ^a  

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

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active feedback; CMOS; complementary characteristic; harmonic rejection mixer; loop through amplifier; RF front end; tunable filter; tuner; wideband LNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FEEDBACK; CMOS; COMPLEMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; HARMONIC REJECTION MIXER; RF FRONT END; TUNABLE FILTERS; WIDE-BAND;

ACTIVE FILTERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); TUNERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84856421373     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2168650     Document Type: Article

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