Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design

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 theintroduction to basic theory so you can quickly come up to speed on how RFICsperform and work together in a communications device. A thorough examination ofRFIC technology guides you in knowing when RFICs are the right choice fordesigning a communication device. This leading-edge resource is packed withover 400 equations and more than 500 illustrations that support key topics.

Contents:

Introduction ToCommunications Circuits - Introduction. Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits Usedin a Communications Transceiver. Issues in Transceiver Design. Analog AndMicrowave Design Versus Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit Design.

Issues in RFIC Design,Noise, Linearity And Filtering - Performance Estimates. Determination of NoiseFloor. Linearity And Distortion in RFCircuits. Filtering Issues. Typical Receiver With Single IF Stage. DynamicRange.

A Brief Review Of RF Technology - Introduction. TransistorDescription. Small Signal Model of The Transistor. Small-Signal Parameters.CMOS Transistors.

ImpedanceMatching - Introduction. Review of the Smith Chart. Impedance Matching. Series toParallel Conversions. Tapped Inductors and Capacitors. Matching UsingTransformers. Tuning a Transformer. The Bandwidth of an Impedance TransformationNetwork. Quality Factor of an LC Network. Transmission Lines. S,Y,ZParameters.

The Use and Design ofPassive Circuit Elements in IC Technologies - Introduction. The Technology BackEnd and Metalization in IC Technologies. Sheet Resistance and the Skin Effect.Parasitic Capacitance. Parasitic Inductance. Current Handling in Metal Lines.Poly Resistors and Diffusion Resistors. Metal Insulator Metal Capacitors (MIMCaps) and Poly Capacitors. On-Chip Spiral Inductors. Some Basic Lumped Modelsfor Inductors. Calculating the Inductance of Spirals. Self Resonance ofInductors. The Quality Factor (Q) of An Inductor. Characterization of anInductor. Some Notes About the Proper Use of Inductors. Layout of SpiralInductors. Isolating the Inductor. The Use of Slotted Ground Shields andInductors. Basic Transformer Layouts in IC Technologies. The Concept of MutualInductance. Multilevel Inductors. On-Chip Transmission Lines. CharacterizingTransformers for Use In ICs. High Frequency Measurement of On-Chip Passives andSome Common De-Embedding Techniques. Packaging. Conclusions.

Low Noise AmplifierDesign - Introduction and Basic Amplifiers. Amplifiers with Feedback. Noise inAmplifiers. Input Matching of LNAs for Low Noise. Linearity in Amplifiers.Differential Pair and Other Differential Amplifiers. DC Biasing Networks. LowVoltage LNAs. Spice for Noise Analysis, Gain and Intermodulation. Conclusions.

Mixers - Basic MixerOperation. Common Types of Mixers. Mixer Gain. A Practical Implementation of AMixer. Mixer Noise Figure. Large Signal Behavior of The DifferentialPair. Image Reject Mixers. Buffering Circuits.

Voltage ControlledOscillators - Introduction. Specification of Oscillator Properties. The LCResonator. Adding Negative Resistance to the Resonator. Configuration of theAmplifier (Colpitts or –Gm). Capacitor Ratios with Colpitts Oscillators.Analysis of an Oscillator as a Feedback System. Negative Resistance Generatedby the Amplifier. Comments on Oscillator Analysis. Basic DifferentialOscillator Topologies. A Modified Common-Collector Colpitts with Buffering.Several Refinements to the –Gm Topology. The Effect of Parasitics on theFrequency of Oscillation. Large Signal Non-Linearity in the Transistor. BiasShifting During Start Up. Oscillator Amplitude. Sizing of the Transistors. Phase Noise. Making the OscillatorTunable. VCO Automatic-Amplitude Control Circuits. Other Oscillators.

High Frequency FilterCircuits - On-Chip Filter Topologies. Analysis of an LNA with Filtering Action.Interpretation of Filter Stability. Automatic Q Tuning for High Q LC Filters.Frequency Tuning for LC Filters.

Power AmplifierDesign - General Issues with PAS (Efficiency, PAE, HD, Linearity). Load Pull.Class A Power Amplifier Design. Class AB to C Power Amplifier Design. HigherClass Power Amplifiers. Linearization in Power Amplifiers. DistributedAmplifiers.

John W. M. Rogers is an assistant professor in the Departmentof Electronics at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and a member of theProfessional Engineers of Ontario. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineeringfrom Carleton University.

Calvin Plett is an associate professor in the Department ofElectronics at Carleton University and a member of the Professional Engineersof Ontario. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carleton University.