DocumentCode
1838221
Title
4G RF systems on chip or on module?
Author
Belot, D.
Author_Institution
ST Microelectron., Crolles, France
fYear
2002
fDate
3-4 June 2002
Firstpage
199
Lastpage
202
Abstract
The present trend in the RF communications is to integrate as far as possible the function within a chip. Obviously the cost of a function mainly depends on the number of external components. The matter of this paper is to evaluate the limit of the integration looking at the economic topics and technical possibilities.
Keywords
cellular radio; economics; telecommunication standards; 4G RF Systems; RF communications; economic topics; external components; function cost; integration limit; mobile generation; mobile standards; technical possibilities; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Coupling circuits; Distributed control; GSM; Germanium silicon alloys; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium; Standards development; System-on-a-chip; Time division multiple access;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2002 IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA, USA
ISSN
1529-2517
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7246-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RFIC.2002.1012031
Filename
1012031
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