CMOS wireless transceivers: the new wave

Author

Abidi, Asad A.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

8

fYear

1999

fDate

8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

124

Abstract

A new generation of wireless transceivers is being intergrated into CMOS IC technology, which so far has been used mainly to realize digital and mixed analog-digital baseband circuits. This article reviews some of the RF CMOS circuit design techniques, and shows how an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these circuits influences choice of radio architecture. The CMOS approach to radio design calls for the elimination of discrete components in favor of high levels of on-chip integration which freely use translators and mix analog and digital functionality; in these respects, it departs from traditional RF circuit practices. Successful wireless devices of the future will require that radio system design evolve around these new trends in RF integration

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; land mobile radio; reviews; transceivers; CMOS IC; CMOS wireless transceivers; circuit design technique; discrete components; on-chip integration; radio architecture; radio design; radio system design; wireless devices; Analog integrated circuits; Analog-digital conversion; Analog-digital integrated circuits; Baseband; CMOS analog integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Radio frequency; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.783135

Filename

783135