Optimizing RF front ends for low power

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1546-1559

  Baltus, Peter G M ^a,b   Dekker, Ronald ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna diversity; Design methods; Low power; RF front end; Silicon on anything (SOA); Sillcon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037777383     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.888994     Document Type: Article

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