Reconfigurable FM-UWB transmitter design for robust short range communications

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1133-1144

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Rhee, Woogeun ^a   Kim, Dongwook ^b   Wang, Zhihua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delta sigma; FM UWB; Fractional N; Frequency modulation; Frequency locked loop; Phase locked loop; RF transceiver; UWB; VCO

Indexed keywords

DELTA-SIGMA; FM-UWB; FRACTIONAL-N; FREQUENCY-LOCKED-LOOP; RF TRANSCEIVERS; UWB;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES; SPACE OPTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84879601828     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: 15729451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11235-011-9629-7     Document Type: Article

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