A SAW-less GSM/GPRS/EDGE receiver embedded in 65-nm SoC

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3047-3060

  Yu, Chi Yao ^a   Lu, Ivan Siu Chuang ^b   Chen, Yen Horng ^a   Cho, Lan Chou ^a   Sun, Chih Hao Eric ^a   Tang, Chih Chun ^a   Chang, Hsiang Hui ^a   Lee, Wen Chang ^a   Huang, Sheng Jui ^a   Wu, Tzung Han ^a   Chiu, Chinq Shiun ^a   Chien, George ^b  

^a MEDIATEK INC   (Taiwan)

^b NEC Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocker detection; class AB; current mode; dynamic range; GSM; impedance transformation; receiver; SAW less

Indexed keywords

CLASS-AB; CURRENT-MODE; DYNAMIC RANGE; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATION; SAW-LESS;

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS);

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS;

EID: 82155172871     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2166657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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