An image-reject down-converter for 802.11a and HIPERLAN2 wireless LANs

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Ragonese, Egidio ^a   Italia, Alessandro ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image rejection; Inductors; Radio receiver; Silicon bipolar technology; Wireless local area network

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NOISE ABATEMENT; RADIO RECEIVERS; STANDARDS;

IMAGE REJECTION; INDUCTORS; SILICON BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 33746638862     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: 15729451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11235-006-9132-8     Document Type: Article

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