Low Power RF Circuit Design in Standard CMOS Technology

• Main Authors: Alvarado, Unai (Author), Bistué, Guillermo (Author), Adín, Iñigo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 104
• Subjects: Engineering.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

Low Power Consumption is one of the critical issues in the performance of small battery-powered handheld devices. Mobile terminals feature an ever increasing number of wireless communication alternatives including GPS, Bluetooth, GSM, 3G, WiFi or DVB-H. Considering that the total power available for...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Power Considerations in Analog Rf CMOS Circuits
• Impact of Architecture Selection on RF Front-End Power Consumption
• Technology Structural Alternatives in Standard CMOS Technologies for Low-Power Analog Design
• Schematic Design Techniques for Power Saving in RF
• RF Amplifier Design
• Mixer Design
• Phase Locked Loop (PLL) Design.