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Time-variant analysis and design of a power efficient ISM-band quadrature receiver

Camponeschi, Matteo ; Bevilacqua, Andrea and Andreani, Pietro LU (2011) In Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 67(1). p.11-20
Abstract
In this work a 2.2 GHz quadrature receiver front-end suitable for low-power applications is presented. The low-noise amplifier, the mixer and the voltage-controlled oscillator are merged into a single stage, making the circuit capable of extreme current reuse while keeping it still functional at low supply voltage. A careful linear time-variant analysis is proven to be necessary to accurately predict the conversion gain and the bandwidth of the downconverter. A prototype, implemented in a 90 nm CMOS technology, validates the theoretical analysis, showing 27 dB of downconversion gain over a 14 MHz base-band bandwidth; the noise figure is 13 dB with a flicker corner frequency of 200 kHz; the input-referred 1 dB compression point is -23.7... (More)
In this work a 2.2 GHz quadrature receiver front-end suitable for low-power applications is presented. The low-noise amplifier, the mixer and the voltage-controlled oscillator are merged into a single stage, making the circuit capable of extreme current reuse while keeping it still functional at low supply voltage. A careful linear time-variant analysis is proven to be necessary to accurately predict the conversion gain and the bandwidth of the downconverter. A prototype, implemented in a 90 nm CMOS technology, validates the theoretical analysis, showing 27 dB of downconversion gain over a 14 MHz base-band bandwidth; the noise figure is 13 dB with a flicker corner frequency of 200 kHz; the input-referred 1 dB compression point is -23.7 dBm. The circuit draws only 1.3 mA from a 1.0 V supply. (Less)
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RF receiver, Low power, Low voltage, Current reuse, Wireless sensor, network
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Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
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11 - 20
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Springer
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0925-1030
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10.1007/s10470-010-9507-3
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  author       = {{Camponeschi, Matteo and Bevilacqua, Andrea and Andreani, Pietro}},
  issn         = {{0925-1030}},
  keywords     = {{RF receiver; Low power; Low voltage; Current reuse; Wireless sensor; network}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{11--20}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing}},
  title        = {{Time-variant analysis and design of a power efficient ISM-band quadrature receiver}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10470-010-9507-3}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10470-010-9507-3}},
  volume       = {{67}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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