Patent ID: 11929714
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. The RF receiver of claim 18, wherein the triode-mode envelope detector includes a plurality of N-type transistors and a plurality of P-type transistors, the N-type transistors and P-type transistors being configured in a plurality of stages, each stage including an N-type transistor and a P-type transistor connected to each other at corresponding source terminals and capacitively coupled to ground at corresponding drain terminals, the N-type transistor in each stage including a gate terminal configured to receive a first bias voltage, the P-type transistor in each stage including a gate terminal configured to receive a second bias voltage, wherein the connected source terminals of each stage are configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) input signal, wherein the first bias voltage controls a channel impedance for each of the N-type transistors, and wherein the second bias voltage controls a channel impedance for each of the P-type transistors.