Title :
Transmitter development for cellular integrated circuits
Author :
Zolfaghari, Alireza ; Darabi, Hooman ; Jensen, Henrik ; Leete, John ; Mohammadi, Behnam ; Chiu, Janice ; Li, Qiang ; Zhou, Zhimin ; Lettieri, Paul ; Yuyu Chang ; Hadji-Abdolhamid, Amir ; Chang, Paul ; Nariman, Mohmmad ; Bhatti, Iqbal ; Medi, Ali ; Serrano
Author_Institution :
Broadcom Corp., Irvine, CA
fDate :
9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This article reviews transmitter topologies for radio transceivers with emphasis on cellular applications. In the first section it discusses different architectures and the challenges in practical implementations. Then it presents a transmitter as part of a fully integrated transceiver for GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; cellular radio; packet radio networks; radio transmitters; radiofrequency integrated circuits; EDGE; GPRS; GSM; cellular integrated circuits; integrated transceiver; radio transceivers; transmitter development; transmitter topology; Band pass filters; Baseband; Circuits; Frequency conversion; Phase locked loops; Phase modulation; Signal generators; Signal resolution; Transmitters; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623720
