A CMOS down-conversion mixer with high IIP2 and IIP3 for multi-band and multiple standards

SBCCI 2014: Proceedings of the 27th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cordova, David ^a   Bampi, Sergio ^a   Fabris, Eric ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gilbert cell mixers; high linearity; second and third order input intercept point (IIP2 and IIP3)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; MIXER CIRCUITS; NOISE FIGURE; TOPOLOGY;

GILBERT CELL MIXERS; HARMONIC CANCELLATION; HIGH LINEARITY; MULTI-STANDARD APPLICATIONS; THIRD-ORDER DISTORTION; THIRD-ORDER INPUT INTERCEPT POINTS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE STAGE; VOLTERRA SERIES ANALYSIS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84949135756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2660540.2660995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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