Low-power direct conversion transceiver for 915 MHz band IEEE 802.15.4b standard based on 0.18 μm CMOS technology

ETRI Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-45

  Nguyen, Trung Kien ^a   Le, Viet Hoang ^b   Duong, Quoc Hoang ^b   Han, Seok Kyun ^b   Lee, Sang Gug ^b   Seong, Nak Seon ^a   Kim, Nae Soo ^a   Pyo, Cheol Sig ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1 f noise; CMOS; DC offset; Direct conversion; IEEE 802.15.4b; Low cost; Low power; Radio transceiver; RF integrated circuits; Sensor network; WPAN

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SILICON; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ANALOG BASEBAND; DC OFFSET; DIRECT CONVERSION; SUPPLY VOLTAGE;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 39449120475     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.08.0107.0034     Document Type: Article

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