Digital-IF WCDMA handset transmitter IC in 0.25-μm SiGe BiCMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2215-2225

  Leung, Vincent W ^a   Larson, Lawrence E ^a   Gudem, Prasad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital IF; Digital to analog converter (DAC); Heterodyne; High order hold; Mixer; RF amplifier; SiGe; Single sideband (SSB); Transmitter; Wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BROADBAND NETWORKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TELEPHONE SETS;

DIGITAL-INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY (IF); HANDSET TRANSMITTERS; HETERODYNE; HIGH-ORDER HOLD; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) AMPLIFIERS; SIGE; SINGLE SIDEBAND (SSB); WIDEBAND CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (WCDMA);

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 10444255431     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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