Distributed waveform generator: A new circuit technique for ultra-wideband pulse generation, shaping and modulation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 808-823

  Zhu, Yunliang ^a   Zuegel, Jonathan D ^b   Marciante, John R ^b   Wu, Hui ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrary waveform generator; Distributed circuits; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping circuits; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIR FILTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; RADIO BROADCASTING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR; CIRCUIT PROTOTYPES; CIRCUIT TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED CIRCUITS; IMPULSE GENERATORS; IMPULSE RADIOS; LOW-POWER; MODULATION SCHEMES; ON-OFF-KEYING; PPM MODULATIONS; PULSE GENERATION; PULSE RATES; PULSE-POSITION MODULATIONS; PULSE-SHAPING; RE-CONFIGURABLE; TRANSMIT POWER; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE; UWB PULSE; UWB TRANSMITTERS; WAVEFORM GENERATORS; WIDE BANDS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 61449177090     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2013770     Document Type: Article

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