A 1-V CMOS SOI Bluetooth RF Transceiver Using LC-Tuned and Transistor-Current-Source Folded Circuits

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 569-576

  Ugajin, Mamoru ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiro ^a   Kodate, Junichi ^a   Harada, Mitsuru ^a   Tsukahara, Tsuneo ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; CMOS; Demodulator; Filter; Low voltage; RF; SOI; Transceiver

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DEMODULATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSISTORS;

BLUETOOTH; LOW VOLTAGE; RF; SOI;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 16544368640     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.824703     Document Type: Article

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