Title :
Design Considerations for Future RF Circuits
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
The RF design paradigm will change significantly as CMOS technology scales and integration levels rise to accommodate multi-band, multi-mode transceivers and baseband processors. This paper describes technology scaling issues such as low supply voltages, high gate leakage currents, and low transistor output impedances. Also, design techniques for low-voltage mixers are presented, and stacked and nested inductors are proposed to achieve compact layouts for multi-band systems.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; inductors; integrated circuit design; leakage currents; radiofrequency integrated circuits; transceivers; CMOS technology; RF circuits; baseband processors; leakage currents; low-voltage mixers; multiband multimode transceivers; nested inductors; stacked inductors; Baseband; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuits; Impedance; Inductors; Leakage current; Low voltage; Radio frequency; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2007. ISCAS 2007. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0920-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0921-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2007.377992
