A 1.1-mW-RX -81.4-dBm sensitivity CMOS transceiver for bluetooth low energy

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1660-1673

  Masuch, Jens ^a,b   Delgado Restituto, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bluetooth low energy (BLE); direct modulation; Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK); low power transceiver; magnetic coupling cancellation; passive receiver; phase ADC; quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO); zero IF

Indexed keywords

BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGIES (BLE); DIRECT MODULATION; GAUSSIAN FREQUENCY-SHIFT KEYING; LOW-POWER TRANSCEIVER; PASSIVE RECEIVERS; PHASE ADC; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR; ZERO IF;

MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MODULATION; OSCILLISTORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

BLUETOOTH;

EID: 84876066829     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2247621     Document Type: Article

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