A single-chip quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) direct conversion GSM/GPRS RF transceiver with integrated VCOs and fractional-N synthesizer

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1710-1720

  Magoon, Rahul ^a,b   Molnar, Alyosha ^a,b   Zachan, Jeff ^a,b   Hatcher, Geoff ^a,b   Rhee, Woogeun ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCMOS; Calibration; Direct conversion; Frequency dividers; gmC filters; GPRS; GSM; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Microwave circuits; Modulation; Noise; Phase locked loops; Power amplifiers; Quad band; Receivers; System on chip (SOC); Transceivers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

FRACTIONAL SYNTHESIZERS;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 0036908685     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2002.804356     Document Type: Article

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