TSB: BASIC RFIC BUILDING BLOCKS

Date & Time: Sunday, June 12; 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Location: Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102AB

Topics & Speakers:

• An Overview of Mobile Radios' RF System Architectures, W. Ali-Ahmad, Maxim

• Design of LNA, D. Shaeffer, Aspendos Communications

• Design of Up and Down converters, S. Kiaei, ASU

• Design of voltage controlled oscillators, F. Syelto, University of Pavia

• Design of frequency synthesizers, M. Perrot, MIT

• Design of power amplifiers, R. Gupta, Berkana Wireless

• Antenna Switch Devices in RF Modules for Mobile Applications, A. Cathelin, ST Microelectronics

Organizers:

Y. Deval, IXL lab

D. Shaeffer, Aspendos Communications

C. Rudell, Berkana Wireless  

Sponsors:

MTT-23: RFIC

2005 RFIC symposium  

This tutorial presents an overview of the design of integrated radiofrequency systems. The specific constraints of designing RFIC in low-cost silicon technologies will be highlighted. First, as a matter of introducing building blocks and their specifications, RF system architectures are described. Second, key building blocks are detailed, down to the transistor level. Device limitations due to the integration within silicon technologies are reviewed for each block. Last, reliability and test of highly integrated RF circuits are tackled.