A 1.3 mW 48 MHz 4 Channel MIMO Baseband Receiver With 65 dB Harmonic Rejection and 48.5 dB Spatial Signal Separation.

A four-channel multi-input multi-output (MIMO) complex baseband receiver for spectrum and space-aware cognitive radio applications is presented. The MIMO baseband receiver comprises a capacitive harmonic-rejection downconverting mixer (HRM) receiver and a signal-separation multi-input multi-output analog core (MAC) on a single integrated circuit. The HRM receiver performs frequency selection of the incoming RF signals by programmable spectral downconversion and filtering with minimal harmonic folding. The subsequent MAC separates the spectrally overlapping but spatially diverse signals by weighted complex matrix multiplication. The entire signal path is implemented using energy-efficient $g_m$-C$ analog circuits with digitally controlled capacitive weighting for configurable baseband down-/upconversion ranging from -$24 to +$24 MHz in the HRM, and programmable spatial filtering with 4\times$4 complex (8 active area, and consumes 480 $\upmu$W digital power at 45 MHz LO and 840 $\upmu$W analog power at 3 MHz baseband from a 1.2 V supply. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]