Title :
Power-efficient high-frequency integrated circuits and communication systems developed within Cool Silicon cluster project
Author :
Ellinger, F. ; Fettweis, Gerhard ; Tzschoppe, Christoph ; Carta, C. ; Fritsche, David ; Tretter, G. ; Yodprasit, Uroschanit ; Paulo, Robert ; Richter, A. ; Strobel, Axel ; Wolf, Robert ; Fehske, Albrecht ; Isheden, C. ; Pawlak, Andreas ; Schroter, Michael
Author_Institution :
Circuit Design & Network Theor., Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
An overview about research activities in the field of high frequency integrated circuits and communication systems performed within the German cluster project Cool Silicon is given. Cool Silicon is located around Dresden/Silicon Saxony/Germany and features around 50 projects and 100 partners from industry and research institutions, and aims at significantly increasing the energy efficiency of information and communications technologies.
Keywords :
UHF integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; microwave integrated circuits; millimetre wave integrated circuits; radiocommunication; silicon; Cool Silicon cluster project; German cluster project; Si; communication systems; power-efficient high-frequency integrated circuits; 3G mobile communication; Belts; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Frequency modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2013 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2013.6646416