Multifunctional microelectronic wireless receivers

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https://doi.org/10.3103/S0735272707060027

Abstract

Peculiarities and circuitry solutions of the interface section of multifunctional receivers for telecommunications systems have been considered including the issues of building low-noise amplifiers, mixers, heterodynes, channel filters, and analog-to-digital converters. Technical specifications of the devices and the most promising directions of development were presented.

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2007-06-02

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Vol. 50 No. 6 (2007)

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Research Articles