Title :
RF IC design challenges
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the challenges in designing RF integrated circuits for wireless transceiver applications. Receiver architectures such as heterodyne, homodyne, and image-reject topologies are presented and two transmitter architectures, namely, one-step and two-step configurations are studied. The design of building blocks: such as low-noise amplifiers, mixers, and oscillators is also considered.
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; transceivers; RF integrated circuits; heterodyne; homodyne; image-reject topologies; wireless transceiver; Band pass filters; Circuit topology; Costs; Filtering; Low-noise amplifiers; Permission; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Telephony; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 1998. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-89791-964-5
