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The RF front end is a critical building block in the receiver that greatly affects the sensitivity and linearity of the system. The receiver front end described here consists of a low-noise amplifier (LNA) and two downconversion mixers. In this chapter we start with a brief study of LNAs and mixers in CMOS technology. We then describe stacking techniques to reduce power consumption and present downconversion stages.
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Zolfaghari, A. (2003). Receiver Front End. In: Low-Power CMOS Design for Wireless Transceivers. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3787-5_4
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