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RF circuits have very specific requirements that they impose on the power supply. This paper discusses these requirements. The different ways of generating such power supply in a suited way for RF circuits is also discussed. A large section of this paper is taken up by an example RF circuit that has ultra-low power and miniature size requirements. This makes that this circuit needs to run directly from a single cell battery. The large impact his has on design choices is discussed.
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Crols, J. (2004). Power Management in RF Circuits. In: Huijsing, J.H., Steyaert, M., van Roermund, A. (eds) Analog Circuit Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2805-2_11
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