Envelope detector and method thereof

Abstract

A method of envelope detection receives an RF (radio frequency) signal comprising a first voltage and a second voltage; converts the first voltage into a first current using a first VCCS (voltage controlled current source); converts the second voltage into a second current using a second VCCS; converts a bias voltage into a third current using a third VCCS; converting an output voltage into a fourth current using a fourth VCCS; sums the first current and the second current into an input current flowing through a first internal node of a first internal voltage; sums the third current and the fourth current into a mirrored current flowing through a second internal node of a second internal voltage; uses a source follower to receive the second internal voltage and output the output voltage; and uses a current mirror to force the mirrored current to be equal to the input current.

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