A multiband RF antenna duplexer on CMOS: Design and performance

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2067-2077

  Mikhemar, Mohyee ^a,b   Darabi, Hooman ^b   Abidi, Asad A ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

3G; Antenna tuning unit; Autotransformer; Balancing network; Bridge network; CMOS; Diplexer; Duplexer; Electricalbalance; FDD; Full duplex; Hybrid transformer; Isolation; Noisematching; Reciprocal circuit; Transmitter leakage

Indexed keywords

3G; ANTENNA TUNING UNITS; AUTOTRANSFORMER; BRIDGE NETWORKS; DIPLEXERS; DUPLEXERS; ELECTRICALBALANCE; FDD; FULL-DUPLEX; HYBRID TRANSFORMER; ISOLATION; NOISEMATCHING; RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT; TRANSMITTER LEAKAGES;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS;

ELECTRIC AUTOTRANSFORMERS;

EID: 84883305952     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2264626     Document Type: Article

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