Title :
Fully integrated RF CMOS power amplifiers - a prelude to full radio integration
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A fully integrated radio on a chip offers innumerable advantages and several challenges. We discuss some of these opportunities and challenges for a fully-integrated CMOS PA and see how the distributed active transformer (DAT) technology can overcome them.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; distributed parameter networks; impedance convertors; power amplifiers; radio equipment; radiofrequency amplifiers; radiofrequency integrated circuits; system-on-chip; CMOS PA; RF power amplifiers; distributed active transformer; integrated RF CMOS power amplifiers; radio integration; radio-on-chip; CMOS technology; Ceramics; Costs; Impedance matching; Power amplifiers; Power transistors; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Substrates; Telephone sets;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005. Digest of Papers. 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8983-2
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489837
