WSB: FULL CMOS RADIO

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

Location: Long Beach Convention Center, Hyatt Regency B

Topics & Speakers:

• Full CMOS radio: Design issues and challenges, A. Rofougaran, Broadcom.

• Challenges in design of single chip radio for cellular communication systems, S. Embabi, Sirific.

• Impact of technology scaling on mixed signal design, C. Sodini, MIT.

• Bandwidth-Enhanced CMOS Fractional-N Synthesizers, I. Galton, University of California, San Diego.

• CMOS PAs, A. Hajimiri, Caltech.

• The future of RF CMOS modeling, A. Niknejad, University of California, Berkeley.

• New dimensions in CMOS RF technologies, D. Ham, Harvard University.

• RF MEMS in full CMOS radio SOC, G. Rebeiz, University of California, San Diego.

Organizers:

W. Y. Ali-Ahmad, Maxim Integrated Products

W. Khalil, Intel Corporation

Sponsors:

MTT-23: RFIC

2005 RFIC symposium  

As CMOS technology is scaling down, the question poses itself: What is the future of all-CMOS radio on a chip? The concept of full CMOS radio is an evolving reality, and the motivation for this workshop is to present key technical issues and put forward recommendations for future enabling technologies and design ideas. The workshop explores the impact of transistor and supply scaling on all-CMOS RF and mixed-signal circuits. The all-CMOS radio SoC (System-on-Chip) concept is tackled vs. the all-CMOS SiP (System-in-Package) concept with stress on design challenges and on integration and cost issues. The major topics addressed in this workshop include reducing substrate noise effects in all-CMOS radio chip, future RF CMOS modeling, digital calibration of Frac-N synthesizers and modulators, concepts of embedding high power CMOS PAs, power management circuits, and MEMS in full CMOS radio SoC.