A robust front-end architecture for low-power UWB radio transceivers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1713-1723

  Barras, David ^a,b   Ellinger, Frank ^a,b,d   Jdäckel, Heinz ^a,b,d   Hirt, Walter ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); Demodulator; Direct conversion; Frequency shift keying (FSK); Gaussian pulse; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-CONVERSION; GAUSSIAN PULSE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DEMODULATORS; DETECTORS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; RADIO RECEIVERS;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 33645937316     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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