RF CMOS Comes of Age

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-561

  Abidi, Asad A ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INTEGRATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; RADIO; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RADIO FREQUENCIES (RF); WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 14844298187     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.825247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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