A fully-integrated, short-range, low data rate FM-UWB transmitter in 90 nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1627-1635

  Saputra, Nitz ^a   Long, John R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FM UWB; frequency locked loop calibration; low power transmitter; RF transmitter; RF CMOS; successive approximation; Ultrawideband; wideband FM modulator

Indexed keywords

FM-UWB; FREQUENCY-LOCKED-LOOP; LOW-POWER TRANSMITTERS; RF TRANSMITTER; RF-CMOS; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS; WIDE-BAND;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 79959722843     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2144050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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