A low-power ultra-wideband CMOS true RMS power detector

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1052-1058

  Zhou, Yijun ^b   Chia, Michael Yan Wah ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CMOS; Crest factor; Linear in decibel; Low power; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Peak to average rate; Power detector; RF; Root mean square (rms); Ultra wideband (UWB); WiMAX; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TRANSISTORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CREST FACTORS; LINEAR-IN-DECIBEL; PEAK-TO-AVERAGE RATE; POWER DETECTORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS); ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIMAX;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 44049105282     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.921299     Document Type: Article

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