CMOS Cellular Receiver Front-Ends: From Specification to Realization (Hardcover)

CMOS Cellular Receiver Front-Ends: from Specification to Realization deals with the design of the receive path of a highly-integrated CMOS cellular transceiver for the GSM-1800 cellular system. The complete design trajectory is covered, starting from the documents describing the standard down to the systematic development of CMOS receiver ICs that comply to the standard. The design of CMOS receivers is tackled at all abstraction levels: from architecture level, via circuit level, down to the device level, and the other way around.

• Different receiver architectures are compared with respect to integratability, achievable performance and required building block specifications.
• The requirements of the GSM-1800 standard are mapped onto a set of measurable specifications for a highly-integrated low-IF receiver and distributed among the different building blocks.
• Several circuit topologies are presented that realize the main functions of the receive path. The dynamics of the elementary specifications of these circuits are explained in terms of the operating point of the involved devices. Wherever possible, this is done using analytical expressions. Based on these insights, detailed sizing procedures are developed to systematically size these RF circuits for a set of specifications.
• The feasibility of meeting the requirements of today's high-end cellular standards is demonstrated in a mainstream submicron CMOS technology by the development of two highly-integrated GSM-1800 receivers.

The theoretical core of the book discusses the fundamental and more advanced aspects of RF CMOS design. It focuses specifically on all aspects of the design of high-performance CMOS low-noise amplifiers.

• Attempts are made to reconcile the analog designer's and the RF designer's point of view on how to look at submicron CMOS transistors. Special attention is given to the fallacies and pitfalls of input matching in a CMOS context.
• A methodology for the systematic design of CMOS low-noise amplifiers is presented which is based on a bank of analytical equations for all important LNA specifications. The method is validated by the design of a low power, extremely low noise CMOS GPS LNA.

Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Symbols and Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. The DCS-1800 Communication System. 3. Receiver Architecture and Specifications. 4. Deep Submicron CMOS Transistors. 5. RF CMOS Design for Analog Designers. 6. Systematic CMOS LNA Design. 7. A 0.25 μm CMOS Receiver Prototype for DCS-1800 Cellular Communications. 8. A 0.8 dB NF, ESD-protected CMOS LNA. 9. A 2V CMOS DCS-1800 Receiver Front-End. A. Noise Figure of Receiver Systems. B. HD_x and IM_x Ratios based on Taylor Expansions of i_DS. C. Essentials of Two-port Noise Theory. Bibliography.

《CMOS蜂窩接收機前端：從規格到實現》討論了設計GSM-1800蜂窩系統高度集成CMOS接收機路徑的問題。書籍涵蓋了完整的設計過程，從描述標準的文件開始，到系統性地開發符合標準的CMOS接收機IC。該書從架構層次、電路層次一直到器件層次以及相反方向上探討了CMOS接收機的設計。

以下是書中的內容要點：
- 將不同的接收機架構進行比較，包括可集成性、可實現性和所需的模塊規格。
- 將GSM-1800標準的要求映射到高度集成的低中頻接收機的一組可測量規格中，並分配給不同的模塊。
- 提出了幾種電路拓撲，實現接收路徑的主要功能。通過設備的工作點解釋這些電路的基本規格動態。在可能的情況下，使用解析表達式進行解釋。基於這些見解，開發了詳細的尺寸化程序，以系統性地為一組規格尺寸化這些射頻電路。
- 通過在主流亞微米CMOS技術中開發兩個高度集成的GSM-1800接收機，展示了滿足當今高端蜂窩標準要求的可行性。

書籍的理論核心討論了RF CMOS設計的基本和更高級的方面，特別關注高性能CMOS低噪聲放大器的設計。

以下是書中的內容概要：
- 嘗試調和模擬設計師和射頻設計師對亞微米CMOS晶體管的觀點。特別關注CMOS環境中輸入匹配的錯誤和陷阱。
- 提出了一種系統性設計CMOS低噪聲放大器的方法，該方法基於一組對所有重要LNA規格的解析方程。通過設計低功耗、極低噪聲的CMOS GPS LNA來驗證該方法。

書籍的目錄如下：
1. 引言
2. DCS-1800通信系統
3. 接收機架構和規格
4. 深亞微米CMOS晶體管
5. 面向模擬設計師的RF CMOS設計
6. 系統性CMOS LNA設計
7. DCS-1800蜂窩通信的0.25μm CMOS接收機原型
8. 0.8 dB NF、ESD保護的CMOS LNA
9. 2V CMOS DCS-1800接收機前端
附錄A. 接收機系統的噪聲指數
附錄B. 基於Taylor展開的HDx和IMx比率
附錄C. 雙端口噪聲理論的基本知識
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