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Receiver Architectures

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Wideband CMOS Receivers

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The main purpose of this chapter is to introduce basic concepts related with RF electronics and receiver architectures. The basic concepts are introduced and the advantages and disadvantages of different receiver architectures are described.

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    Known as Friis’ equation [14].

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Fernandes, M.D., Oliveira, L.B. (2015). Receiver Architectures. In: Fernandes, M., Oliveira, L. (eds) Wideband CMOS Receivers. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18920-8_2

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