Reconfigurable CMOS LNA for software defined radio using variable inductor

Wireless Technology 2005, Conference Proceedings - 8th European Conference on Wireless Technology

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 567-570

  Sugawara, Hirotaka ^a   Yoshihara, Yoshiaki ^a   Okada, Kenichi ^a   Masu, Kazuya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; RADIO SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL ROAMING; POWER GAIN (PG); SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR); VARIABLE INDUCTORS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33947181592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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