Sub-nanosecond pulse-forming network on SiGe BiCMOS for UWB communications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1019-1024

  Tan, Adrian Eng Choon ^b   Chia, Michael Yan Wah ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Leong, Siew Weng ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Telecommunications Committee   (Singapore)

^f Radio Standards Committee   (Singapore)

^g Radio Standards Committee ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits (ICs); Differentiating circuit; Pulse generation; Transmitter; Ultra wideband (UWB) communications

Indexed keywords

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IC); ISOTROPIC RADIATED POWER; TRANSMITTER SYSTEMS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) COMMUNICATIONS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIFFERENTIATING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMPUTING; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRANSMITTERS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33644975151     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.869723     Document Type: Article

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