A Gaussian pulse generator for millimeter-wave applications

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1212-1220

  Cavallaro, Marco ^a   Copani, Tino ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Broadband communication; MMIC transmitter; Pulse communications; Pulse generation

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE DESIGN; BICMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; GAUSSIAN PULSE; GAUSSIANS; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HIGH FREQUENCY; MILLIMETER-WAVE APPLICATIONS; MMIC TRANSMITTERS; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL APPLICATION; PULSE GENERATION; PULSE SPECTRUM; SIDE LOBES; SINGLE-CHANNEL; SINUSOIDAL CARRIERS; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL PURITY; UWB APPLICATIONS;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTERS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77953478639     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2031706     Document Type: Article

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