Title :
Sharing RF intellectual property helps overcome integration challenges in a CDMA handset
Author :
Frank, Michael ; Giacometti, Riccardo
Author_Institution :
Hewlett Packard Co., USA
Abstract :
The development of the high frequency portion of wireless communication equipment, such as mobile phones or base stations, is currently articulated in two main areas: the design of the RFICs and their integration with the remaining discrete parts on the Printed Circuit Board (PCB). This paper discusses how the use of encoding techniques for sharing circuit-level RF Intellectual Property (IP) allows a much tighter interaction between the RFIC vendor and the manufacturer of the wireless communication system, and allows early integration of the RFIC. A real life example of the combined application of encoded TP and state-of-the-art RF simulation to the integration of an RFIC in an IS-95 handset is presented
Keywords :
UHF integrated circuits; cellular radio; code division multiple access; encoding; industrial property; integrated circuit design; telephone sets; transceivers; CDMA handset; IS-95 handset; RF intellectual property sharing; RF simulation; RFIC design; circuit-level RF; encoding techniques; intellectual property protection; mobile phones; wireless communication equipment; Base stations; Encoding; Integrated circuit manufacture; Intellectual property; Mobile handsets; Printed circuits; Pulp manufacturing; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1999 Asia Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5761-2
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1999.833707
