Nanometer CMOS RFICs for Mobile TV Applications
The RF front-end is the most fundamental building block of any wireless system. Nanometer CMOS RFICs for Mobile TV Applications brings together what IC design engineers need to know for the development of low-cost, wide-dynamic range RF front-ends for tod
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ANALOG CIRCUITS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SERIES Consulting Editor: Mohammed Ismail. Ohio State University
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Ahmed A. Youssef James Haslett ●
Nanometer CMOS RFICs for Mobile TV Applications
Ahmed A. Youssef University of Calgary Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Theoretical & Empirical Software 2500 University Drive Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada [email protected]
James Haslett Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Calgary Calgary Canada [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-8603-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8604-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8604-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010922879 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
People often ask me why I chose to publish this work. Primarily, this book was motivated by my experience in industry after having been in the academic world for many years. We often hear about the need to bridge the gap between industry and academia, but one can easily intellectually understand something without having experienced it first hand. I lived in the gap between the academic and industrial worlds for some time and saw how people on both sides can target the same application and work toward the same goal, but do so from completely different angles. Radio frequency (RF) IC designers in the industry do not have the luxury of time to dig through the extensive publications that flood their field to understand the latest developments related to their own circuits or systems. Researching the many areas related to RF circuit design such as device models, fabrication technology, signal analysis, and communication theory proves to be an insurmountable task. Therefore, their circuit analysis, and thus optimization, can be easily curtailed because of the time restraints inherent in the semiconductor industry. On the other hand, university students of all levels are often so flooded in their own studies that they lose the practical sense needed to make their research seem applicable to realworld products – the world of RFIC design becomes dry and intangible. The main purpose of this book is thus to help bridge the gap between academia and industry in the area of nanometer CMOS RFIC design for one of the latest, most dynamic wireless applications, the mobile TV. In 2005, South Korea became the first country in the world to offer mobile TV reception. Japan and several European countries soon followed, and
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