Design of a low-voltage and low-distortion mixer through volterra-series analysis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-184

  He, Shan ^a,b   Saavedra, Carlos E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; distortion; downconverter; low power; low voltage; mixers; RF integrated circuit (RFIC) design; Volterra series

Indexed keywords

CMOS; DOWN CONVERTERS; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; RF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; VOLTERRA SERIES;

DISTORTION (WAVES); LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MIXING; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84872836770     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2228668     Document Type: Article

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