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    Sanaz Sadeghi Headshot
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    Sanaz Sadeghi
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    Cornell University
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    Display Name
    Sanaz Sadeghi
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    Cornell University
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    Sweta Soni
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    Cornell University
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    Alyosha Molnar
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    Cornell University
    Abstract

    This paper presents a novel technique for suppressing in-band artifacts from out-of-band interference in widely-tunable RF receivers. It employs a multi-tap inductor-capacitor network to generate diversity in gain and phase between taps across the targeted frequency range. Using this network to feed a bank of identical receivers sharing LO, allows multiple kinds of interferer artifact to be suppressed. We considered spur-induced and phase-noise-induced artifacts. AC and transient simulations were performed, and a prototype was implemented in 45nm CMOS which confirmed validity of the approach for suppressing interferer artifacts, showing a maximum lowering in EVM and BER of 38% and 60%.

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    • A Widely-Tunable RF Receiver Employing Synthetic Diversity for Interference Mitigation (application/pdf)