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RF IC design in nanometer CMOS
Prof. Pietro Andreani
Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Lund University, Sweden
12 hours, 3 credits
May 21 - May 23, 2008
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione: Elettronica, Informatica, Telecomunicazioni, via Caruso, meeting room, ground floor
Contacts: Prof. Giuseppe Iannaccone
Aims
The goal of this series of lessons is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in the design of integrated radio transceivers. The most popular architectures for single-chip and multi-standard implementations will be discussed in detail; the main functional blocks (e.g., low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs), mixers, voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), phase-locked loops (PLLs), etc) will be analyzed as well. In particular, recent advances in the design of low phase-noise VCOs will be examined at some length. The main focus will be on radio ICs realized in modern nanometer CMOS processes.
Syllabus
- Introduction to modern integrated transceivers (2 hours)
- I/Q analog signal processing (2 hours)
- Phase noise in harmonic oscillators (4 hours)
- Advanced LNAs and mixers (2 hours)
- All-digital PLLs (2 hours)
