A 24-GHz transmitter with on-chip dipole antenna in 0.13-μm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1394-1402

  Cao, Changhua ^a,b   Ding, Yanping ^a,c   Yang, Xiuge ^a,d   Lin, Jau Jr ^a,e   Wu, Hsin Ta ^f   Verma, Ashok K ^a,g   Lin, Jenshan ^a,f   Martin, Frederick ^h   Kenneth, K O ^a,f  

^a IEEE

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^c TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^d Ansoft Corporation   (United States)

^e FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

^g MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS   (United States)

^h MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS); Frequency synthesizer; On chip antenna; Single chip radio; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; CIRCUIT TECHNIQUES; DATA RATES; DUAL-CONVERSION; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); FULLY INTEGRATED; LOCAL OSCILLATOR (LO); ON CHIPS; OUT-OF-BAND (OOB); OUTPUT POWERS; POWER DISSIPATIONS; SIDE LOBES; SINGLE CHIPS; WIRELESS (WIFI) COMMUNICATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; INSTRUMENTS; METRIC SYSTEM; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

RADIO BROADCASTING;

EID: 44649120801     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.922734     Document Type: Article

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