RF CMOS comes of age

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 47-60

  Abidi, Asad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR HANDSETS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; SWITCHED CAPACITOR; SYSTEMS ON A CHIP; WIRELESS RECEIVER; CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (GSM); RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (RFICS); RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SYSTEM ON A CHIP;

CAPACITORS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BLUETOOTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; METALS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MOS DEVICES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; RADIO WAVES; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP; TRACKING (POSITION); TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 1542305658     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMW.2003.1266066     Document Type: Article

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