An adaptive impedance tuning CMOS circuit for ISM 2.4-GHz band

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1115-1124

  Sjöblom, Peter ^a   Sjöland, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenna tuning unit (ATU); Capacitor bank; CMOS; Impedance matching; Impedance tuning unit (ITU); ISM; Reconfigurable matching; Switched capacitor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC);

ANTENNA TUNING UNIT (ATU); CAPACITOR BANK; IMPEDANCE TUNING UNIT (ITU); ISM; POWER LOSS; RECONFIGURABLE MATCHING; SWITCHED CAPACITOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 22144488501     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.849116     Document Type: Article

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