• DocumentCode
    439843
  • Title

    RF circuit implications of a low-current linearity "Sweet spot" in MOSFETs

  • Author

    Toole, B. ; Plett, C. ; Cloutier, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-26 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    619
  • Lastpage
    622
  • Abstract
    The implications for RF circuit design of the nonlinear behaviour of a MOSFET transistor over all regions of operation, including moderate inversion region, is investigated. Analysis and measurements reveal a significant peaking, or "sweet-spot" of the third-order intercept point in the moderate inversion region. As a result, a significant increase in linearity at low power consumption is possible.
  • Keywords
    Circuits; Linearity; MOSFETs; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002. ESSCIRC 2002. Proceedings of the 28th European
  • Conference_Location
    Florence, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1471603