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60-GHz RF downconversion mixer for 5G applications

• Blocks: Down-conversion mixer, LO buffer

• Process: 65nm CMOS process

• Designer: I. Nam and C. Choi

• Work published in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 2017

24-GHz RF transmitter for in-cabin radar systems

• Blocks: Power amplifier, I/Q up-conversion mixer, I/Q LO generator

• Process: 65nm CMOS process

• Designer: S. Lee, Y. Jeon, G. Park, J. Myung, S. Lee, O. Lee, H. Moon and I. Nam

• Work published in Electronics 2020

60-GHz RF downconversion mixer for 5G applications

• Blocks: Down-conversion mixer, LO buffer

• Process: 65nm CMOS process

• Designer: I. Nam and C. Choi

• Work published in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 2017

MedRadio receiver front-end with inverter-based complementary switching mixer

• Blocks: LNA, I/Q mixer, LO buffer, and polyphse filter

• Process: 180nm CMOS process

• Designer: I. Nam and C. Choi

• Work published in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 2016

World first multistandard multimode mobile digital TV tuner for DVB-H/T, T-DMB, and ISDB-T (which developed in Samsung Electronics, 2005)

• Mass production

• Process: 180nm CMOS process

• Designer: I. Nam, et. al.

• Work published in JSTS 2015

A wideband digital TV receiver front-end with noise and distortion cancellation

• Blocks: LNA, mixer

• Process: 130nm CMOS process

• Designer: D. Im and I. Nam

• Work published in TCAS-I 2014

Low-IF receiver and direct-conversion transmitter for ZigBee applications

• Blocks: Receiver, Transmitter, LO chain, SPI

• Process: TSMC 180nm CMOS process

• Size: 1mm x 0.9mm

• Designer: I. Nam, et. al

• Work published in IEEE Trans. Micro. Theory and Tech. 2007

Down-conversion mixer & operational amplifier for direct-conversion receiver

• • Blocks: Down-conversion Mixer

  • Process: TSMC 180nm CMOS process

  • Designer: I. Nam

  • Work published in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 2005

Low power low-IF receiver and direct-conversion transmitter for IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN applications

• World first transceiver prototype satisfying IEEE802.15.4

• Blocks: Receiver, Transmtter, LO chain, SPI

• Process: TSMC 180nm CMOS process

• Size: 3.5mm x 2.5mm

• Designer: P. Choi, H. C. Park, S. Kim, S. Park, I. Nam, et. al

• Work published in IEEE JSSC & ISSCC 2003