SAW front-end module for GSM-based dual-band cellular phones with direct-conversion demodulation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 11 SPEC, 2002, Pages 2629-2638

  Hikita, Mitsutaka ^a,b   Matsuura, Naoki ^b   Yokoyama, Kazuyuki ^b   Shibagaki, Nobuhiko ^b   Sakiyama, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct conversion (DC); Dual band; Front end; Global system for mobile communication (GSM); SAW filter; Surface acoustic wave (SAW)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CELLULAR SYSTEM; DIPLEXER; DIRECT CONVERSION DEMODULATION; FRONT END MODULE; FRONT END MODULES; HARMONIC FREQUENCIES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANTENNAS; DEMODULATION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; INSERTION LOSSES; LOW PASS FILTERS; TRANSMITTERS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036852235     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.804516     Document Type: Article

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