A broadband low-power low-noise active balun with second-order distortion cancellation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 407-420

  Manstretta, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active balun; balun LNA; baluns; CMOS integrated circuits; common gate stage; common source stage; distortion; distortion cancellation; DVB H; IIP2; inductorless LNA; integrated circuit noise; linearity; low noise amplifiers (LNAs); low noise; low noise active balun; microwave amplifiers; mobile TV; multi standard radio applications; noise cancellation; second order distortion; wideband amplifier; wideband LNA; wideband matching

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BALUNS; BALUN-LNA; BALUNS; COMMON GATES; DISTORTION CANCELLATION; DVB-H; IIP2; INDUCTORLESS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT NOISE; LINEARITY; LOW NOISE; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNAS); MOBILE TV; MULTI-STANDARD RADIO; NOISE CANCELLATION; SECOND-ORDER DISTORTION; WIDE BAND AMPLIFIERS; WIDE-BAND; WIDEBAND MATCHING;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; DISTORTION (WAVES); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84856504620     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2168649     Document Type: Article

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