A wide-band linear amplitude modulator for polar transmitters based on the concept of interleaving delta modulation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1748-1756

  Nagle, Pierce ^a   Burton, Phil ^b   Heaney, Eugene ^a   McGrath, Finbarr ^a  

^a M/A COM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CMOS; Digital to analog converter; GaAs; Polar transmitters; Power amplifiers; RF

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DELTA MODULATION; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

POLAR TRANSMISSION;

MODULATORS;

EID: 0036913312     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2002.804351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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