Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE polar loop transmitter

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2179-2189

  Sowlati, Tirdad ^a   Rozenblit, Dmitriy ^a   Pullela, Raja ^a   Damgaard, Morten ^a   McCarthy, Evan ^a   Koh, Dongsoo ^a   Ripley, David ^a   Balteanu, Florinel ^a   Gheorghe, Ionel ^a  

^a SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

EDGE; GSM; Polar loop; Transceiver; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSCEIVERS;

ENHANCED DATA-RATES FOR GSM EVOLUTION (EDGE); NONLINEAR CIRCUITS; POLAR LOOP; ROBUST PERFORMANCE;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 10444256218     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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