A 4.6mW 6.25-8.25 GHz RF transmitter IC for FM-UWB applications

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 180-184

  Detratti, Marco ^a   Perez, Ernesto ^a   Gerrits, John F M ^b   Lobeira, Manuel ^a  

^a ACORDE SA   (Spain)

^b CSEM SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FM; FM UWB; Phase noise; VCO

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGY; FM; GHZ BAND; OPEN LOOPS; OUTPUT AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; PHASE NOISE PERFORMANCE; POWER CONSUMPTION; RF TRANSMITTER; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; UWB APPLICATIONS; VCO CIRCUITS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE NOISE; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 71949117065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICUWB.2009.5288838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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