• DocumentCode
    907598
  • Title

    Low-voltage BIMOS AM front-end amplifier

  • Author

    Steyaert, M. ; Chang, Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. ESAT-MICAS, Catholic Univ. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
  • Volume
    137
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    57
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    A BIMOS AM front-end amplifier mixer is discussed. The advantages of BIMOS technology in the realisation of front-end amplifiers is demonstrated. Because of the low-voltage power supply, bipolar transistors are required for the mixer structure. It is shown that for low-noise applications an MOS input structure results in a better performance. The stability problem of a bipolar and MOS input structure is also analysed. It is shown that the MOS input structure has a better stability performance
  • Keywords
    BIMOS integrated circuits; amplitude modulation; linear integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; radiofrequency amplifiers; stability; AM front-end amplifier; BIMOS; MOS input structure; RF type; low-noise applications; low-voltage power supply; mixer structure; monolithic IC; portable radio-receiver; stability performance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings G
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0956-3768
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    217043