Distortion-less real-time spectrum sniffing based on a stepped group-delay phaser

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 601-603

  Nikfal, Babak ^a   Badiere, Daniel ^b   Repeta, Morris ^b   Deforge, Brad ^b   Gupta, Shulabh ^c   Caloz, Christophe ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH IN MOTION   (Canada)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersive delay structures; frequency discrimination; phaser; short range communications; spectrum sniffing

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY RESOLUTIONS; LOW COST CIRCUIT; PHASER; SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION; SPECTRUM SNIFFING;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

GROUP DELAY;

EID: 84869498980     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2012.2219514     Document Type: Article

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