RF receiver design for IOE applications

A future smart phone will become a mobile terminal that communicates with a number of diverse sensors perpetually. This never-resting RF communication will cut the battery life drastically, unless the power consumption per RF communication reduces accordingly while maintaining reasonable performance. This paper presents the recent evolution of a translational circuit (or N-path filter) to enable a low-power, high-performance RF receiver that is crucial for the future internet of everything applications.