A low-power, low-EVM, SAW-less WCDMA transmitter using direct quadrature voltage modulation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3448-3458

  He, Xin ^a   Van Sinderen, Jan ^a  

^a NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMOS; Direct quadrature voltage modulator (DQVM); SAW less; Transmitter; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

CMOS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DCS BANDS; DIRECT QUADRATURE VOLTAGE MODULATOR (DQVM); DUTY CYCLES; FREQUENCY OFFSETS; GILBERT MIXERS; LO LEAKAGE; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NOISE FLOOR; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE VOLTAGE; POWER CONSUMPTION; SA WFILTER; UNDER VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE MODULATIONS; VOLTAGE MODULATORS;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MODULATION; TRANSMITTERS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS;

EID: 72949100577     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2032495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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