A short-range low data-rate regenerative FM-UWB receiver

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 4 PART 2, 2011, Pages 1131-1140

  Saputra, Nitz ^a   Long, John R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FM ultra wideband (FM UWB); Frequency modulated (FM) demodulator; low power receiver front end; regenerative filtering and amplification; RF CMOS; ultra wideband (UWB); wideband FM

Indexed keywords

FM ULTRA-WIDEBAND (FM-UWB); FREQUENCY-MODULATED (FM) DEMODULATOR; LOW POWER RECEIVER; REGENERATIVE FILTERING AND AMPLIFICATION; RF-CMOS; WIDE-BAND;

AMPLIFICATION; BIT ERROR RATE; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DEMODULATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; RADIO RECEIVERS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 79954623850     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2114192     Document Type: Article

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