Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (Artech House Microwave Library (Hardcover))

No matter which type of communications device requiring RFICs you are designing, you can turn to this comprehensive reference for a practical explanation of the full range of RFICs. This book focuses mainly on bipolar technology to demonstrate circuits, but CMOS is included as well. By emphasizing working designs, this book practically transports you into the authors' own RFIC lab so you can fully understand the function of each design detailed in this book. Among the RFIC designs examined are RF integrated LC-based filters, VCO automatic amplitude control loops, and fully integrated transformer-based circuits, as well as image reject mixers and power amplifiers. If you are new to RFIC design, you can benefit from the introduction to basic theory so you can quickly come up to speed on how RFICs perform and work together in a communications device. A thorough examination of RFIC technology guides you in knowing when RFICs are the right choice for designing a communication device. This leading-edge resource is packed with over 400 equations and more than 500 illustrations that support key topics. Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 1 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Foreword 16 Acknowledgments 20 Ch1 Introduction to Communications Circuits 22 Ch2 Issues in RFIC Design, Noise, Linearity & Filtering 30 Ch3 Brief Review of Technology 64 Ch4 Impedance Matching 84 Ch5 Use & Design of Passive Circuit Elements in IC Technologies 116 Ch6 LNA Design 162 Ch7 Mixers 218 Ch8 Voltage-Controlled Oscillators 266 Ch9 High-Frequency Filter Circuits 340 Ch10 Power Amplifiers 370 About the Authors 422 Index 424 p303 Missing (bad page in the server) 324 Of Amplifier Classes for RF Integrated Circuits -- AC Load Line -- Matching to Achieve Desired Power -- Transistor Saturation -- Current Limits -- Current Limits in Integrated Inductors -- Power Combining -- Thermal Runaway--Ballasting -- Breakdown Voltage -- Packaging -- Effects and Implications of Nonlinearity -- Cross Modulation -- AM-to-PM Conversion -- Spectral Regrowth -- Linearization Techniques -- Feedforward -- Feedback -- CMOS Power Amplifier Example This reference offers practical explanations of the full range of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). It focuses mainly on bipolar technology to demonstrate circuits, but CMOS is included too. The designs examined include RF integrated LC-based filters, image mixers and power amplifiers. Radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) design is an exciting area for research or product development.