A 0.25-μm CMOS low-power up-conversion mixer for 3.1-5 GHz ultra-wideband applications

PRIME 2006: 2nd Conference on Ph.D. Research in MicroElectronics and Electronics - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 457-460

  Sapone, Giuseppina ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

FREQUENCY BANDWIDTH; ULTRA-WIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 34547251838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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