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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
EDN

The PSP Model in RF CMOS Design

As the Penn State Philips (PSP) transistor model is rightly hailed as an excellent alternative to traditional BSIM models for RFIC design, RF designers need to be aware of how PSP models relate to ...
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 ...