• DocumentCode
    1868983
  • Title

    RF CMOS comes of age

  • Author

    Abidi, A.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    12-14 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    113
  • Lastpage
    116
  • Abstract
    All-CMOS radio transceivers and systems-on-a-chip are rapidly making inroads on a wireless market that for years was dominated by bipolar and BiCMOS solutions. It is not a matter of replacing bipolar transistors in known circuit topologies with FETs; the wave of RF CMOS brings with it new architectures and unprecedented levels of integration. What are its origins? What is the commercial impact? How will RF CMOS evolve in the future? This paper offers a retrospective and a perspective.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; radiofrequency integrated circuits; system-on-chip; transceivers; wireless LAN; BiCMOS solution; CMOS radio transceivers; FET; RF CMOS; bipolar transistors; circuit topology; commercial impact; integration; systems-on-a-chip; wireless market; Assembly; Circuit topology; Inductors; Industrial training; Microelectronics; Radio frequency; Spirals; Switched capacitor circuits; Switching circuits; Telephone sets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. 2003 Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    4-89114-034-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2003.1221176
  • Filename
    1221176