Cmos rfic design principles artech house microwave library hardcover robert caverly on. Ee 8337 analog circuits for wireless communications. E weste and kamran eshraghian, principles of cmos vlsi design, 2nd edition, addition,wesley, 1998. This tutorial discusses design and testing of rf integrated circuits rfic. James young, rf cmos design, besser associates short course. Interview was mainly with engineers and got technical questions. Book errata midterms midterm 1 marchth in class final take home test handed out on sunday may 12 th 5pm via email and to be returned in my office on monday may th by 5pm course material. This acclaimed book by robert caverly is available at in several formats for your ereader. These are excellent academic texts, but were written when cmos rfic design was more of a research concept. A mixer is used in almost all radio frequency rf or microwave systems for frequency translation. Basic concepts linearity, noise figure, dynamic range by vishwani d. Qualcomm rfic design engineer interview questions glassdoor. Design rules i the geometric design rules are a contract between the foundry and the designer. As a 3rd year graduate student in the field, i find prof.
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Lees acclaimed guide to the design of gigahertz rf integrated circuits features a completely new chapter on the. Vl2002 l t p c mos device modeling 4 0 0 4 total contact hours 60 prerequisites. Midterm i 25%, final 25%, homework 15%, interim project report 10%, final project report 25%. Besides system level design considerations for rfic, this course also present ruleofthumbs in designing rf main blocks such as lownoiseamplifier lna, mixer, voltagecontrolledoscillator vco, and phaselocked. A 240ghz, 32unit receiver using a decentralized architecture, ieee radio frequency integrated circuits symposium rfic, june. Rf integrated circuits sharif university of technology. Najafi aghdam mobile comms beyond 2g mobile comms upto 2g lecture notes last semester. Rfic design and testing for wireless communications. Besides system level design considerations for rfic, this course also present ruleofthumbs in designing rf main blocks such as lownoiseamplifier lna, mixer.
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Radio frequency integrated circuit rfic design theses in power amplifier group background in current wireless systems frequencies in the band 700 mhz. An active mixer design for down conversion in 180 nm cmos technology for rfic applications. Perrott, high speed communication circuit and systems, mit ocw 2003. Recently, there has been a major push to integrate circuitry and digital signal processors on a single chip to improve wireless digital transmission. Typical rfic questions like two tone test, finding gain and impedance, filters, etc. Lee, the design of cmos radiofrequency integrated circuits, cambridge university press, 2nd ed. Radiofrequency ic design, particularly in cmos, is a different activity engineering department of stanford university by professor thomas h. Lee, the design of cmos radiofrequency integrated circuits, cambridge university press, 2004. Cmos rfic design principles artech house microwave library by robert caverly 2007 english pdf.
Rfinspired silicon photonic, the many flavors of cmosbipolar rf harmonic. This paper presents a 21 to 30ghz merged passive vector sum phase shifter ps. Mattisson, on the use of mos varactors in rf vcos, ieee journal of solid state circuits, june 2000. Cmos circuit design, layout, and simulation, 3rd edition ucursos. The proposed downconversion mixer is designed for 23 ghz radio frequency rf band and an intermediate frequency of 100 mhz using rftsmc cmos 0. Transceiver design experience dates back to the first fully integrated single chip gps radio in 1987 and since then has advanced the state of the art in cmos, soi and gaas hbt rfic design. The design of cmos radiofrequency integrated circuits book. The book, coauthored by pioneers in the field, is a welcome contribution that will help researchers and engineers perfect the design of nextgeneration lowvoltage, lowpower integrated circuits and systems. The rfic symposium is the premier ic design conference. Historically, ic and rf designers have used different design methodologies, tools. Neamen, semiconductor physics and devicesbasic principles, richard d. Applied for an rfic design engineer position by forwarding my resume to a friend.
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