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Operational Amplifier RC Low-Pass Filter

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Analog Filters in Nanometer CMOS

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Several applications pose challenges for wireless receivers due to close blockers in the frequency spectrum. This requires amplifiers and filters with a high linearity. Due to the challenges of the nanometer hell of physics concerning design of operational amplifiers, new circuit architectures will be investigated. In fact, it will turn out that the low supply voltage of nanometer CMOS circuits is the most limiting factor to achieve a good linearity and a large dynamic range. A high-voltage operational amplifier finally will show the best performance in a filter-mixer combination. In addition, 1/f noise will turn out to reduce the choice of usable mixer topologies considerably.

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Uhrmann, H., Kolm, R., Zimmermann, H. (2014). Operational Amplifier RC Low-Pass Filter. In: Analog Filters in Nanometer CMOS. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38013-6_7

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