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Flicker noise reduction in RF CMOS mixer using differential active inductor

Abdelghany et al., 2011

Document ID
15038991873796798570
Author
Abdelghany M
Pokharel R
Kanaya H
Yoshida K
Publication year
Publication venue
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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This article presents a low flicker noise (1/f), double‐balanced Gilbert‐cell mixer. As the down converted base‐band signal is strongly affected by the low‐frequency flicker noise, resulting in mixer signal‐noise ratio (SNR) degradation, a dynamic current injection …
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