Title :
RF CMOS SoC Architectures and Building Blocks
Author :
Ni, Wayne ; Li, Zhenbiao ; Mehta, Jesal
Author_Institution :
Comlent Commun. Inc., Shanghai
Abstract :
RF CMOS technologies have proven to be the critical path to the ever-integrated solutions in the wireless communications applications ranging from cellular technologies to consumer applications (Bonnaud et al., 2006 and Vassiliou et al., 2006). Advancements both in innovative radio architectures and rich CMOS IC designs made the system-on-chip (SoC) commercial products widely possible. This paper will discuss CMOS prevalent wireless RFIC architectures. In doing so, what the challenges are for the RFIC building blocks in realizing the SoC design. As a design example, a critical building block used in Comlent´s TD-SCDMA transceiver has been demonstrated
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; radiofrequency identification; system-on-chip; CMOS IC designs; RF CMOS SoC architectures; building blocks; cellular technologies; consumer applications; radio architectures; system-on-chip commercial products; wireless RFIC architecture; wireless communications applications; Baseband; Business; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Costs; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Semiconductor device noise; Silicon germanium; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2006. ICSICT '06. 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0160-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0161-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306460