Session 3 overview: RF techniques: RF subcommittee

In recent years the use of CMOS technology has enabled the integration of low-cost, low power and multi-standard RF transceivers. While architectural innovation has allowed most of the transceiver blocks to be integrated in a single chip, full compliance to wireless standards still demands that many off-chip components be added to achieve the overall solution. The papers presented in this session focus on increasing the level of integration of several key building blocks of wireless transceivers. The first part of the session is focused on the transmitter side and in particular on several closed-loop techniques to maximize the output power delivered to the antenna. The second part of the session gives an overview of the most recent techniques applied to the receiver path. Three wideband solutions are presented, followed by a state-of-the-art tuner and a novel beam-forming receiver.