A single-chip 900-MHz spread-spectrum wireless transceiver in 1-μm CMOS - Part I: Architecture and transmitter design

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-533

  Rofougaran, Ahmadreza ^b,c,d   Chang, Glenn ^a,b,c,e,f,g   Rael, Jacob J ^a,b,c,h   Chang, James Y C ^b   Rofougaran, Maryam ^a,b   Chang, Paul J ^b   Djafari, Masoud ^b   Ku, M K ^b   Roth, Edward W ^b   Abidi, Asad A ^a,b   Samueli, Henry ^a,b  

^a IE5EE ^*

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^e ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

^f IBM   (United States)

^g Rockwell Semiconductor Systems   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 3843102586     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.663557     Document Type: Article

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