WSH: NOISE SHAPING METHODS FOR RF IC DESIGN

Date & Time: Sunday, June 12; 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Location: Long Beach Convention Center, Room 201B

Topics & Speakers:  

• Overview of Switching Linear PA

• Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizers, I. Galton, UC San Diego  

• Polar Modulation methods for Power Amplifiers, Tridad Sowlati, Skyworks

• Algorithms and Amplifiers for Digital Generation of Microwave Signals with Time-Varying Envelope, P. Asbeck, J. Rode, I. Galton and L. Larson, UC San Diego

Organizers:

B. Bakkaloglu, Texas Instruments

S. Kiaei, Connection One  

Sponsors:

MTT-23: RFIC

2005 RFIC symposium  

This workshop presents noise shaping and digital signal processing techniques for RF IC Design. The tutorials will cover fundamentals of modulation and various noise shaping techniques, development of Direct Digital Synthesis modulators and design of fractional-N synthesizers. Tradeoffs between phase noise and loop bandwidth in conventional fractional phase-locked loops will be analyzed and various techniques to cancel excess phase noise in modulated fractional-N controllers will be introduced. This workshop summarizes the topology tradeoffs that are involved in the implementation of various RF CMOS blocks utilizing the and noise shaping methodologies, and their application for future generation portable wireless systems.