@article{cb0fc1885f5a48439c9026250a952886,
title = "A 6.2 mW 0.024 mm2 Fully-passive RF Downconverter with 12 dB Gain Enhancement using MOS Parametric Amplification",
abstract = "This paper describes a fully-passive discrete-time switched-capacitor RF downconverter with an on-chip oscillator, that combines quadrature mixing and harmonic rejection, designed in a 130nm digital CMOS technology. By using MOS capacitors (varactors) to perform parametric amplification, it is possible to achieve a measured gain enhancement of about 12dB, together with 21dB noise figure and more than 5dBm IIP3. Operating in the VHF-III band, the downconverter core dissipates 6.2mW and occupies 0.024mm2.",
keywords = "Mixer, Downconversion, Parametric amplification, Downconversion, Mixer, Parametric amplification",
author = "Cust{\'o}dio, {Jos{\'e} Rui} and Oliveira, {Lu{\'i}s Augusto Bica Gomes de} and Oliveira, {Jo{\~a}o Pedro Abreu de} and Goes, {Jo{\~a}o Carlos da Palma} and Bruun, {Erik D.}",
note = "Sem PDF# Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (CTS) PEst-OE/EEI/ UI0066/2011# Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (project IMPACT) PTDC/EEA-ELC/101421/2008# Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (project DISRUPTIVE) EXCL/EEI-ELC/0261/2012. ",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10470-013-0049-3",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
pages = "299--304",
journal = "Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing",
issn = "0925-1030",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands | Springer",
number = "2",
}