A 1-V 5-GHz self-bias folded-switch mixer in 90-nm CMOS for WLAN receiver

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1215-1227

  Chiou, Hwann Kaeo ^a   Lin, Kuei Cheng ^a   Chen, Wei Hsien ^b   Juang, Ying Zong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AC coupling; CMOS; current reuse; direct conversion receiver; double balanced mixer; folded switch mixer; low voltage

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NOISE FIGURE; PHASE COMPARATORS; RADIO RECEIVERS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

AC COUPLING; CURRENT REUSE; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; DOUBLE BALANCED MIXERS; LOW VOLTAGES;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84861867282     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2011.2173399     Document Type: Article

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