Toward multistandard mobile terminals-fully integrated receivers requirements and architectures

M Brandolini, P Rossi, D Manstretta… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the recent past, there has been an evolution in wireless communications toward
multifunctions and multistandard mobile terminals. Reducing the number of external …

A 0.13/spl mu/m CMOS front-end, for DCS1800/UMTS/802.11 bg with multiband positive feedback low-noise amplifier

A Liscidini, M Brandolini, D Sanzogni… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a fully integrated CMOS receiver front-end based on a direct conversion
architecture for UMTS/802.11 bg and a low-IF architecture at 100 kHz for DCS1800. The two …

A variable gain RF front-end, based on a voltage-voltage feedback LNA, for multistandard applications

P Rossi, A Liscidini, M Brandolini… - IEEE journal of Solid …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Employing feedback circuits in RF front-ends can be a key aspect for easy reconfiguration of
multistandard receivers. A narrow-band filter can shape the frequency transfer function and …

A low-power high-performance SiGe BiCMOS 802.11 a/b/g transceiver IC for cellular and Bluetooth co-existence applications

O Charlon, M Locher, HA Visser… - IEEE journal of solid …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a high-performance WLAN 802.11 a/b/g radio transceiver, optimized
for low-power in mobile applications, and for co-existence with cellular and Bluetooth …

Tunable cascode LNA with flat gain response over a wide frequency range

D Duperray - US Patent 7,786,806, 2010 - Google Patents
US7786806B2 - Tunable cascode LNA with flat gain response over a wide frequency range -
Google Patents US7786806B2 - Tunable cascode LNA with flat gain response over a wide …

Reconfigurable Si RF receiver front-ends for multistandard radios

F Svelto, MB Vahidfar… - … European Conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enabling factor for the success of future highly integrated multi-standard transceiver is
reconfiguration and programmability. This is especially true for the radio frequency (RF) …

5.8‐GHz merged LNA‐mixer with on‐chip balun

HK Chen, JR Sha, DC Chang… - Microwave and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the design and application of an on‐chip transformer balun for RFIC is
presented. Single‐ended primary and differential secondary are constructed without using …

A novel LNA-mixer design with on-chip balun

HK Chen, JR Sha, SH Lee, DC Chang… - … on Circuits and …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the design and application of an on-chip transformer balun for RFIC has
presented. Single-ended primary and differential secondary are constructed without using …

A 0.18 μm CMOS gain-switched LNA and mixer with large dynamic range

J Yang, H Yang, B Xue - Journal of Electronics (China), 2008 - Springer
Abstract A 2.4 GHz 0.18 μm CMOS gain-switched single-end Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and
a passive mixer with no external balun for near-zero-IF (Intermediate Frequency)/RF (Radio …

Reconfigurable RF Receiver Frontends for Multi-Standard Radios

H Noori - 2011 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Several Wireless Communication Standards have been developed over the past
few decades to address the growing and varying needs of the users. For example, while …