Key topics in RF circuit and RFIC design

Author: RichardChi-HsiLi
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book consists of twelve chapters, covering six key topics: 1) Impedance Matching; 2) RF Grounding; 3) Single-Ended and Differential Lines; 4) Error Analysis; 5) Prospects for RF IC Design; 6) Basic Parameters and Metrics of RF Circuits. The most prominent feature of RF circuit design is impedance matching. Without impedance matching, circuit design is not RF circuit design. Impedance matching is also the main difference between RF circuit design and digital circuit design. Due to its importance, Chapters 1 and 2 of this book discuss this critical topic in detail. The remaining chapters cover the essential knowledge needed in RF circuit design, including: What are the basic parameters of RF circuits? Why is there a trend toward converting from single-ended to differential structures in current RF and RF IC design? What are the main challenges in RF IC design? How can these obstacles be overcome? In RF circuit design, the performance of RF circuit units often depends on the success of RF grounding. Error analysis in RF circuits is related to product yield, which is the lifeline of a company. This book has two distinctive features. First, in most published books on RF circuits and RF IC design, the content focuses on individual RF circuit units, such as low-noise amplifiers, mixers, power amplifiers, voltage-controlled oscillators, and frequency synthesizers. Therefore, these books can be categorized as vertically oriented. This book, however, does not discuss individual RF circuit units but instead emphasizes and focuses on the common critical topics in RF circuit and RF IC design, making it a horizontally oriented book. Second, although some content is derived from published books and literature, much of the material in this lecture is based on the design and work reports of the book's author. This book can serve as a reference for the following readers in their design, research, and study of RF circuits and RF ICs: RF circuit and RF IC design engineers, test engineers, system engineers, and managers; researchers in RF circuits and RF ICs; undergraduate, graduate, and professor students in RF circuit and RF IC-related fields. This book focuses on and emphasizes the common critical topics in RF circuit and RF IC design. It includes: The core part of RF and RF IC design: Impedance Matching; Basic RF parameters and equations; RF Grounding; From Single-Ended Lines to Differential Lines; Allowable Error Analysis; Challenges in RF IC Design; Discussion on Low-Noise Amplifier Design. The target readers of this book are senior university students, graduate students, and engineering technicians.