TY - BOOK AU - Sadhu,Bodhisatwa AU - Harjani,Ramesh ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Cognitive Radio Receiver Front-Ends: RF/Analog Circuit Techniques T2 - Analog Circuits and Signal Processing, SN - 9781461492962 AV - TK7888.4 U1 - 621.3815 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York, Imprint: Springer KW - Engineering KW - Electronics KW - Telecommunication KW - Systems engineering KW - Circuits and Systems KW - Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation KW - Communications Engineering, Networks N1 - Introduction -- Cognitive Radio Architectures -- Wideband Voltage Controlled Oscillator -- RF Sampling and Signal Processing -- CRAFT: Charge Re-use Analog Fourier Transform -- Conclusions N2 - This book focuses on the architecture and circuit design for cognitive radio receiver front-ends.  The authors first provide a holistic explanation of RF circuits for cognitive radio systems. This is followed by an in-depth exploration of existing techniques that can be utilized by circuit designers. Coverage also includes novel circuit techniques and architectures that can be invaluable for designers for cognitive radio systems.   • Discusses in detail the circuit-level challenges that exist for cognitive radio systems; • Provides readers with a holistic understanding of RF circuits for cognitive radio systems; • Enables communications engineers and systems designers to design better cognitive radio architectures and communication protocols UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9296-2 ER -