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Abstract

A 5 GHz transceiver comprising the RF and analog circuits of an IEEE 802.11a-complaint WLAN using a 0.25 /spl mu/m CMOS technology occupies 22 mm/sup 2/. The IC has 22 dBm maximum transmitted power, 8 dB overall receive-chain noise figure, and -112 dBc/Hz synthesizer phase noise at 1 MHz offset.