Transceiver front-end architectures using vibrating micromechanical signal processors

2001 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 23-32

  Nguyen, C T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROMECHANICAL RESONATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSCEIVERS;

FRONT END ARCHITECTURE; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICROMECHANICAL CIRCUIT; MICROMECHANICAL FILTER; PERFORMANCE GAIN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; TRANSCEIVER ARCHITECTURE;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0038749746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMIC.2001.942335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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