In this paper, a low voltage ultra-wideband RF receiver for Software-Defined Radio (SDR) is presented. In SDR design, the radio frequency (RF) receiver should be able to receive signals over a broadbandwidth so that it can satisfy a variety of different communication standards. In the proposed design, working frequency ranging from 0.1GHz to 6GHz RF front-end for SDR, covering almost all of mat...

Current Feedback Amplifiers (CFA) are discussed in this report. Current Feedback Amplifiers employ the current mode of signal processing to achieve higher gain-bandwidth product and greater slew rates than those of a Voltage Feedback Amplifier (VFA). The Current Feedback Amplifier topology has an inherent advantage over that of the the Voltage Feedback Amplifier, wherein the amplifier gain can ...

The implementation of Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) front-ends is one of the challenging aspects in emerging Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) radio frequency (RF) systems. As it is highly desirable to achieve complete system-on-chip (SoC) integration, several CMOS based LNA implementations have been reported recently. The first part of this thesis presents a comparative study that helps designers understand t...

A new symmetrical topology switching power amplifier is introduced for professional audio use. The amplifier is composed by a pair of semi soft switched half-bridges with independent feedback control. Whole overall layout looks very similar than an already bridge configured stereo amplifier with few exceptions. Although the complexity of the proposed topology is at least twice of the convention...

OBJECTIVES Surgical radiofrequency ablation is increasingly used during open heart surgery for the treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of application of radiofrequency on coronary endothelial function and structure and establish the relationship between coronary lesions and distance of radiofrequency application. METHODS Six Landrac...

AIM To compare 5-year survival of patients with a single hepatocellular carcinoma≤3 cm randomly assigned to receive percutaneous ethanol injection or radiofrequency ablation. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 285 patients (192 males, mean age 70 years), with a single hepatocellular carcinoma (mean diameter 2.2 cm) were randomly assigned to receive percutaneous ethanol injection (n=143) or radio...

background: the health effect of rapidly increasing everyday exposure of humans to radiofrequency radiation is a major global concern. mobile phone jammers prevent the mobile phones from receiving signals from base stations by interfering with authorized mobile carriers’ services. in spite of the fact that mobile jammer use is illegal, they are occasionally used in offices, shrines, conference ...

A 2.4 GHz radio frequency receiver front end with an on-chip transformer compliant with IEEE 802.11b/g standards is presented. Based on zero-IF receiver architecture, the front end comprises a variable gain common-source low noise amplifier with an on-chip transformer as its load and a high linear quadrature folded Gilbert mixer. As the load of the LNA, the on-chip transformer is optimized for ...

conclusions both tens and prf lumbar sympathectomy are promising pain relief treatments for painful dnp. however, prf lumbar sympathectomy seems to have a superior efficacy. further studies with a larger sample size and a longer follow-up period are needed. background painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (dpn) is a long-term complication of type 1 and type 2 diabetes that majorly impacts qual...

A multichannel Langmuir probe array driven by a single bias supply was constructed. For the probes to be used in harsh radio frequency ~rf! environments, the individual probe has a rf-compensation circuit. For simultaneously obtaining I – V curves from the probe array, shunt resistors were placed between the probe tips and the active terminal of the bias supply. The pickup signal due to the str...