Energy-efficient low-complexity CMOS pulse generator for multiband UWB impulse radio

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3552-3563

  Phan, Anh Tuan ^a   Lee, Jeongseon ^a   Krizhanovskii, Vladimir ^a   Le, Quan ^b   Han, Seok Kyun ^a   Lee, Sang Gug ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

CMOS; Federal Communication Commission (FCC) spectral mask; Impulse radio; Low power; Pulse generator; Transmitter; Ultrawide band (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMPULSE NOISE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

AVERAGE ENERGY DISSIPATION; FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION; IMPULSE RADIO; LOW POWER; SIDE-LOBE SUPPRESSION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL MASKS; SWITCHING OPERATIONS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 58149142554     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2008.925821     Document Type: Article

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