TY  - JOUR
  - Zito, Domenico
  - 2009
  - November
  - International Journal of Circuit Theory ; Applications
  - A novel low-power receiver topology for RF and microwave applications
  - Validated
  - ()
  - 37
  - 9
  - 1008
  - 1018
  - A novel low-power receiver topology for radio-frequency and microwave applications is presented. The proposed solution exploits a simple connection between the low-noise amplifier and the subsequent mixer, which is realized by means of a high-value resistor and a current mirror, achieving low noise and high linearity performance with an extremely low power consumption. The criteria for its optimal design are derived in order to accomplish the main trade-offs among noise figure (NF), linearity, and current consumption performance. As a case of study, the new topology has been designed in the case of I/Q direct conversion receiver for IEEE 802.15.4 standard (ZigBee) applications at 2.45 GHz. The receiver exhibits a NF of 8.7 dB, 50 Omega input impedance, a voltage gain of 26 dB, an input-referred third-order intercept point of -13 dBm, and a power consumption of 8.6 mW, which represent one of the best performance trade-offs obtained in the literature. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley \; Sons, Ltd.
  - 10.1002/cta.516
DA  - 2009/11
ER  - 

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   = {Zito,  Domenico },
   = {2009},
   = {November},
   = {International Journal of Circuit Theory ; Applications},
   = {A novel low-power receiver topology for RF and microwave applications},
   = {Validated},
   = {()},
   = {37},
   = {9},
  pages = {1008--1018},
   = {{A novel low-power receiver topology for radio-frequency and microwave applications is presented. The proposed solution exploits a simple connection between the low-noise amplifier and the subsequent mixer, which is realized by means of a high-value resistor and a current mirror, achieving low noise and high linearity performance with an extremely low power consumption. The criteria for its optimal design are derived in order to accomplish the main trade-offs among noise figure (NF), linearity, and current consumption performance. As a case of study, the new topology has been designed in the case of I/Q direct conversion receiver for IEEE 802.15.4 standard (ZigBee) applications at 2.45 GHz. The receiver exhibits a NF of 8.7 dB, 50 Omega input impedance, a voltage gain of 26 dB, an input-referred third-order intercept point of -13 dBm, and a power consumption of 8.6 mW, which represent one of the best performance trade-offs obtained in the literature. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley \; Sons, Ltd.}},
   = {10.1002/cta.516},
  source = {IRIS}
}