Polyphase Filter Design Methodology for Wireless Communication Applications

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Polyphase Filter Design Methodology for Wireless

Communication Applications

Fayrouz. Haddad, Lakhdar Zaid, Wenceslas Rahajandraibe, Oussama Frioui

To cite this version:

Fayrouz. Haddad, Lakhdar Zaid, Wenceslas Rahajandraibe, Oussama Frioui. Polyphase Filter Design

Methodology for Wireless Communication Applications. Salma Ait Fares. Mobile and Wireless

Com-munications. Network layer and circuit level design, IntechOpen, pp.219-246, 2010, 978-953-307-042-1.

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