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Through advanced circuit, architectural and processing technologies, ICs have helped bring about the wireless revolution by enabling highly sophisticated, low cost and portable end user terminals. This paper provides a brief overview of present trends in the development of integrated circuit technologies for applications in the wireless communications. Two broad categories of circuits are highlighted. The first is RF integrated circuits and the second is digital baseband processing circuits. In both areas, circuit design challenges and options presented to the designer are discussed. The paper also highlights the manner in which these technologies have helped advance wireless communications.
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Daneshrad, B., Eltawil, A.M. (2002). Integrated Circuit Technologies for Wireless Communications. In: Ganesh, R., Pahlavan, K., Zvonar, Z. (eds) Wireless Multimedia Network Technologies. The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 524. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47330-5_13
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