Analysis and improvement of direct-conversion transmitter pulling effects in constant envelope modulation systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 12 PART 2, 2010, Pages 4137-4146

  Hsiao, Chieh Hsun ^a   Li, Chien Jung ^a   Wang, Fu Kang ^a   Horng, Tzyy Sheng ^a   Peng, Kang Chun ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct conversion transmitter (DCT); injection pulling; local oscillator (LO) pulling; phase noise; phase locked loop (PLL); self injection locking; signal quality

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-CONVERSION TRANSMITTER (DCT); INJECTION PULLING; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; SELF INJECTIONS; SIGNAL QUALITY;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MODULATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE NOISE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 78650419912     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2087351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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