Power-efficient switching-based CMOS UWB transmitters for UWB communications and radar systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3271-3277

  Xu, Rui ^a,b   Jin, Yalin ^a,b   Nguyen, Cam ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cmos RF integrated circuit (RFIC); Pulse generator; Single pulse single throw (SPST) switch; Ultra wide band (UWB) communications; Uwb radar; Uwb system; Uwb transmitter

Indexed keywords

CMOS RF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (RFIC); PULSE GENERATOR; SINGLE-PULSE SINGLE-THROW (SPST) SWITCH; ULTRA-WIDE-BAND (UWB) COMMUNICATIONS; UWB RADAR; UWB SYSTEM; UWB TRANSMITTER;

BANDWIDTH; CIRCUIT THEORY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PULSE GENERATORS; SIGNAL THEORY; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTERS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747223657     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.877830     Document Type: Article

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