A GFSK transmitter architecture for a bluetooth RF-IC, featuring a variable-loop-bandwidth phase-locked loop modulator

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E88-C, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-393

  Kokubo, Masaru ^a   Oshima, Takashi ^a   Yamamoto, Katsumi ^b   Takayasu, Kunio ^b   Ezumi, Yoshiyuki ^b   Aizawa, Shinya ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Delta sigma; FSK; Modulator; PLL; Variable loop bandwidth

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; MODULATORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLUETOOTH; DELTA-SIGMA; SIGNAL LEVELS; VARIABLE LOOP BANDWIDTH;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 24144431641     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.3.385     Document Type: Article

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