WSG: Challenges for future RF integration

Current and future transceivers for mobile terminals are facing increasing complexity because of the market´s demands for lower cost, lower power consumption, and higher data-rate. As a result, multi-band and multi-mode radios covering the diversity of communication standards impart unique challenges on the RF-transceiver design due to limitations in terms of reconfigurable RF components that meet the demanding cellular performance criteria at costs that are attractive for mass market applications. The focus of this workshop will be on the challenges the cellular standards pose on future transceiver integration, along with a thorough discussion of advanced techniques for receivers and transmitters towards integration in SoC approaches including novel architectures, highly configurable analog circuitry, digitally assisted and enhanced analog/RF modules, and the integration of digital signal processing into the traditionally purely analog front-end. However, the utilization of digital signal processing capabilities is in line with the ongoing trend towards SoCs in minimum-feature-sized CMOS in the cellular market. Moreover, advances in the field of RF front-end modules and novel analog signal processing architectures are covered to give a consolidated outlook on future concepts for cellular radios.