Direct Conversion Radio for Digital Mobile Phones - Design Issues, Status, and Trends.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Loke, Aravind; Ali, Fazal
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques. Nov2002, Vol. 50 Issue 11, p2422. 14p.
- Subject
- *RADIO transmitter-receivers
*GSM communications
*CODE division multiple access
- Language
- ISSN
- 0018-9480
Describes the application of direct-conversion receiver (DCR) and transmitter design to system requirements of global system for digital mobile communications. Overview of general merits of DCR and direct-conversion transmitter; Presentation of techniques and tradeoffs used in optimal implementation; Summary of commercially available direct conversion transceiver integrated circuits.