Adaptive RF Front-Ends for Hand-held Applications

• Main Authors: van Bezooijen, Andre (Author), Mahmoudi, Reza (Author), van Roermund, Arthur (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Analog Circuits and Signal Processing
• Subjects: Engineering.; Input-output equipment (Computers).; Solid state physics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Solid State Physics.; Input/Output and Data Communications.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

The RF front-end – antenna combination is a vital part of a mobile phone because its performance is very relevant to the link quality between hand-set and cellular network base-stations. The RF front-end performance suffers from changes in operating environment, like hand-effects, that are often unp...