Fully Integrated CMOS Transmitter and Power Amplifier for Software-Defined Radios and Cognitive Radios

Problem Statement The aim of this thesis is to design a complete transmitter with an integrated power amplifier in CMOS that can serve as an RF frontend for software defined radios. The requirements are: ➢Reconfigurability -to transmit at different carrier frequencies and maintain sufficient output power and efficiency across the entire frequency range. ➢Transmit signals with different modulation schemes -both constant and varying envelope signals. ➢Transmit signals with different bandwidths. ➢Output power control at all frequencies.

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