VLSI for analog/digital communications

Author

Copeland, Miles A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

29

Issue

5

fYear

1991

fDate

5/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Present trends and future prospects are discussed, emphasizing the prospects for fuller VLSI integration of low-power digital radio, for applications such as in-building wireless radio receivers. The main concern is with the front end of the receiver, including continuous-time analog and sampled analog VLSI filtering, and technologies that can mix analog and digital on the same chip. Prospects for the use of bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) technology in communications are examined. Continuous-time monolithic filtering is discussed. As an example of a central receiver/transmitter component that one would like to integrate monolithically, the frequency synthesizer is considered.<>

Keywords

BIMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; digital radio systems; filters; frequency synthesizers; linear integrated circuits; mobile radio systems; radio receivers; BiCMOS technology; VLSI; analog/digital communications; bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor; continuous time analog filtering; continuous time monolithic filtering; frequency synthesizer; in-building wireless radio receivers; low-power digital radio; monolithic integration; receiver front end; receiver/transmitter component; sampled analog VLSI filtering; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Communications technology; Digital communication; Digital filters; Filtering; Frequency synthesizers; MOS devices; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.79380

Filename

79380