A GSM/EDGE/WCDMA adaptive series-LC matching network using RF-MEMS switches

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2259-2268

  Van Bezooijen, André ^a,b   De Jongh, Maurice A ^a,b   Chanlo, Christophe ^a,b   Ruijs, Lennart C H ^a,b   Van Straten, Freek ^a   Mahmoudi, Reza ^c   Van Roermund, Arthur H M ^c  

^a NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^b EPCOS Netherlands BV   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive filters; Impedance matching; Micro electromechanical devices; Phase detection; Power amplifiers; Switched capacitor filters

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTROMECHANICAL FILTERS; MEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SWITCHED FILTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WAVE FILTERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

900 MHZ; ADAPTIVE; APPLICATION-SPECIFIC; BIASING VOLTAGES; BIPOLAR; BOTTOM-UP; CAPACITANCE TUNING; CAPACITIVE SWITCHES; DIELECTRIC CHARGING; DISCRETE DOMAINS; DUTY-CYCLE; HIGH LINEARITIES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; ITERATIVE CONTROLS; LARGE TUNING RANGES; LINK QUALITIES; LOW LOSSES; MATCHING CIRCUITS; MATCHING NETWORKS; MODE OPERATIONS; OUTPUT POWERS; PHASE DETECTION; PHASE DETECTORS; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNAS; RF-MEMS; SWITCHED CAPACITOR ARRAYS; SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTERS; UNIT CELLS; VOLTAGE DRIVERS; VOLTAGE REQUIREMENTS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 54049099656     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2004334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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