A 3.1 GHz8.0 GHz single-chip transceiver for MB-OFDM UWB in 0.18-μm CMOS process

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 414-426

  Zheng, Hui ^a,b   Lou, Shuzuo ^a,c   Lu, Dongtian ^e   Shen, Cheng ^a   Chan, Tatfu ^a,d   Luong, Howard C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hong Kong)

^d Pericom Semiconductor ^*  (Hong Kong)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Direct conversion; Dual conversion; LNA; MB OFDM; Mixer; Receiver; Synthesizer; Transceiver; Transmitter; Ultra wideband (UWB); Wideband; Zero IF

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIRECT CONVERSION; DUAL CONVERSION; LNA; MB-OFDM; MIXER; RECEIVER; SYNTHESIZER; TRANSCEIVER; TRANSMITTER; WIDEBAND; ZERO-IF;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 59349089367     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2010758     Document Type: Article

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