Fundamentals of Modern RF Wireless Receivers: A Short Tutorial

Author

Liscidini, Antonio

Author_Institution

Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comp Eng, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

Spring 2015

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

48

Abstract

To be compliant with multistandard applications, the RF front end of a modern transceiver must satisfy several challenging tasks such as large operative bandwidth, low noise, and high linearity. Over the years, addressing such requirements has significantly changed the radio architecture toward an ultimate solution based on current mode signal processing and passive mixers. In this article, after a brief description of the typical structure of a wireless receiver, voltage and current mode signal processing will be compared showing why a fully current-mode approach is more suitable in deep-scaled CMOS technologies [1], [2].

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; radio receivers; signal processing; RF front end; current mode signal processing; deep-scaled CMOS technologies; modern RF wireless receivers; multistandard applications; operative bandwidth; passive mixers; radio architecture; voltage mode signal processing; Distortion; Filtering; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Receivers; Transceivers; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0582

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSSC.2015.2417096

Filename

7130765