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)