Journal article
A 6.2 mW 0.024 mm2 fully-passive RF downconverter with 12 dB gain enhancement using MOS parametric amplification
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Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
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2013, Volume 75, Issue 2, pp. 299-304
Abstract
This paper describes a fully-passive discrete-time switched-capacitor RF downconverter with an on-chip oscillator, that combines quadrature mixing and harmonic rejection, designed in a 130 nm digital CMOS technology. By using MOS capacitors (varactors) to perform parametric amplification, it is possible to achieve a measured gain enhancement of about 12 dB, together with 21 dB noise figure and more than 5 dBm IIP3.
Operating in the VHF-III band, the downconverter core dissipates 6.2 mW and occupies 0.024 mm2.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Springer US |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Pages: | 299-304 |
| Journal subtitle: | An International Journal |
| ISSN: | 15731979 and 09251030 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10470-013-0049-3 |
| ORCIDs: | Bruun, Erik |
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