EDN

CMOS RF SoC design shoots for 60 GHz

We will describe a potential design of a radio-frequency system-on-chip that is backward-compatible with a 60- and 5-GHz wireless local- (or personal)-area network system. The SoC can support a ...
Electronics Weekly

Designing RF for 3G in CMOS

Bluetooth was the proving ground for implementing multi-gigahertz RF transceiver circuits on a cost-effective CMOS process. The success of CMOS RF advocate CSR from Cambridge is testament to that. Yet ...
EDN

A Designer’s Guide to CMOS RF Models

In recent years we have begun to see references to “RF” CMOS processes and to “RF” models for those processes. This article will explore what the real meanings of such “RF” designations are, and what ...
Design-Reuse

Mixed-signal design flow enables RF CMOS chip

Spirea AB is a Swedish fabless semiconductor company developing highly integrated low-power, low-cost radio solutions for the Wireless LAN and PAN markets. This article describes how we assembled a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Modeling High-Performance Analog And RF Circuits In Nanometer-Scale CMOS

Today’s consumer, communication, and computer electronic devices have clocks, communication interfaces, and high-speed signal-conditioning circuits that operate at radio frequencies (RF). Providing ...
Design-Reuse

An Innovative RF CMOS IP Using a 10 GHz VCO for Direct Conversion WLAN

If the Wireless LAN market is still growing, Wireless LAN solutions are already in a cost reduction phase. Conceiving WLAN solutions nowadays requires a high-level approach where the final chipset may ...
Nature

Active Inductors in CMOS RF Circuit Design

Active inductors have emerged as a transformative component in CMOS radio frequency (RF) circuit design, effectively replacing traditional passive inductors with active semiconductor networks. By ...
Nature

CMOS Mixers and Low-Power RF Circuit Design

CMOS mixers are integral components in modern radio frequency (RF) circuit design, enabling frequency conversion in wireless systems while prioritising low power consumption. Recent progress in ...
Electronic Design

RF System-On-A-Chip Is An Industry First

> A single-chip 300-to-1000-MHz CMOS RF transceiver and microcontroller IC is now available. Dubbed the CC1010 chip, this device was spawned from the integration of ...
New Electronics

60 GHz CMOS radio chip and phased antenna array for 5G

Pharrowtech, a developer of mmWave hardware and software for wireless applications based in Leuven, Belgium, has launched the PTR1060, said to be the first IEEE 802.11ay-compliant CMOS RF chip for ...
Semiconductor Engineering

CMOS And SOI Invade RF Front End

The next-generation 4G wireless standard known as long-term evolution (LTE) presents some new and difficult design choices for OEMs. One of the more difficult choices involves the less glamorous, but ...
Electronics Weekly

RF CMOS is big opportunity, says SiLabs CEO

EW: Will RF CMOS win out against GaAs and others? Necip Sayiner: The trend for RF to be developed in CMOS will continue and relegate GaAs and BiCMOS to low volume niche and legacy products. CMOS ...