Title :
Design of front-end RF circuits
Author :
Gharpurey, Ranjit ; Viswanathan, T.R.
Author_Institution :
Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses the design and analysis of front-end circuits that perform the important tasks of signal amplification and frequency translation. The analysis provides a link between classical RF treatment of circuits that perform these functions and lumped models that are used by analog and small-signal circuit designers. Design metrics of these circuits, such as noise figure and intercept points are outlined. Important design issues such as stability, matching, noise and linearity are addressed
Keywords :
circuit stability; impedance matching; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; radiofrequency amplifiers; LNA; RF circuit design; design metrics; frequency translation; front-end RF circuits; intercept points; linearity; low-noise amplifiers; matching; noise; noise figure; signal amplification; stability; CMOS technology; Circuit noise; Circuit topology; Degradation; Linearity; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Performance analysis; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Mixed-Signal Design, 1999. SSMSD '99. 1999 Southwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5510-5
DOI :
10.1109/SSMSD.1999.768606
