Receiver design - Tutorial

Numerous interrelated trade-offs are undertaken for any receiver or receive chain design, which must be jointly optimized for the intended operational environment. Some of the requirements resulting from this environment are: noise figure (NF), input 3^rd order intercept point (IP3), input 1dB compression point (P_1dB), dynamic range, input desensitization level, non-damage input power, out-of-band (OOB) interference rejection, gain and output power. This paper focuses on these requirements and the subtleties associated with achieving them.