A 3.8-mW 3.5-4-GHz regenerative FM-UWB receiver with enhanced linearity by utilizing a wideband LNA and dual bandpass filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3350-3359

  Chen, Fei ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Rhee, Woogeun ^a   Kim, Jongjin ^b   Kim, Dongwook ^b   Wang, Zhihua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Broadband low noise amplifier (LNA); Dual bandpass filters (BPFs); Frequency modulated ultrawideband (FM UWB); Regenerative receiver

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTER (BPFS); ENVELOP DETECTORS; FM DEMODULATIONS; FREQUENCY-MODULATED ULTRAWIDEBAND (FM-UWB); NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE; SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION; WIDEBAND SIGNALS; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DEMODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RADIO RECEIVERS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84883740492     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2276452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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