A 1 mA ultra-low-power FHSS TX front-end utilizing direct modulation with digital pre-distortion

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2212-2223

  Lopelli, Emanuele ^a,b   Van Der Tang, Johan D ^a,c   Van Roermund, Arthur H M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frequency hopping; Low power; Pre distortion; Transmitter; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY HOPPING; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION; FREQUENCY HOPPING SPREAD SPECTRUM (FHSS); ROBUST WIRELESS NODE; SILICON-ON-ANYTHING (SOA) BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY;

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EID: 34748899368     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.905229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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