A 5-GHz Radio Front-End With Automatically Q-Tuned Notch Filter and VCO

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1547-1554

  Rogers, John W M ^a   Plett, Calvin ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

LC filters; Phase noise; Q tuning; Radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC); SiGe; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO); Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS (VCO);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041779667     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.815915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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