A 1.2V inductorless receiver front-end for multi-standard wireless applications

Maja Vidojkovic, Vojkan Vidojkovic, Mihai A. T. Sanduleanu, Johan van der Tang, Peter Baltus, Arthur van Roermund
2008 2008 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium  
A novel, broadband, inductorless, multistandard receiver front-end in a digital CMOS 90nm Low Power (LP) process is described. The front-end operates in the frequency range from 0.8 GHz up to 1.7 GHz. It achieves a voltage gain of 24dB and a noise figure of 5.5dB. The measured IIP3 and IIP2 of the receiver are -13dBm and +30dBm, respectively. The input return loss is better than -10dB in the frequency band from 0.8 GHz up to 1.7 GHz. The front-end consumes 26mA from 1.2V power supply and
more » ... s a chip area of 1mm 2 . Index Terms -Multi-standard receiver, inductorless receiver front-end, low voltage receiver front-end, broadband receiver front-end, software-defined radio.
doi:10.1109/rws.2008.4463423 fatcat:bbtzb4khs5gs3ei2gtnfu3d2dy