parasitic-aware optimization of cmos rf circuits

[...]... 134 2 Design of Power Amplifier 137 3 Optimization of Power Amplifier 137 4 POST PVT Optimization 141 Chapter 8 Optimization of Ultra-Wideband Amplifiers 145 CMOS Ultra-Wideband Amplifiers 145 1 Parasitic-aware optimization of CMOS RF circuits 1.1 1.2 1.3 DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFICATION THEORY CMOS DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER EFFECTS OF LOSS IN CMOS DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS xi 145 148 149 2 Design of CMOS Ultra-Wideband... Design of Mixers 98 5 Optimization of Mixers COST FUNCTION 5.1 PARAMETER TO BE OPTIMIZED 5.2 99 99 100 Parasitic-aware optimization of CMOS RF circuits x 5.3 OPTIMIZATION SIMULATION RESULTS Chapter 6 Optimization of CMOS Oscillators 100 105 1 CMOS Oscillators 106 2 Phase Noise 2.1 EFFECTS OF PHASE NOISE 2.2 LEESON PHASE NOISE MODEL HAJIMIRI PHASE NOISE MODEL 2.3 109 109 111 112 3 Design of VCO 113 4 Optimization. ..ix Parasitic-aware optimization of CMOS RF circuits Chapter 4 Optimization of CMOS Low Noise Amplifiers 67 1 Low Noise Amplifier 1.1 NOISE 1.1.1 Thermal noise 1.1.2 Noise figure 1.2 LINEARITY 1.2.1 1dB gain compression point 1.2.2 Two-tone test (IIP2 and IIP3) 67 67 67 69 70 70 72 2 Design of Low Noise Amplifier 76 3 Optimization of Low Noise Amplifiers CALCULATING... 2.1 EFFECTS OF PHASE NOISE 2.2 LEESON PHASE NOISE MODEL HAJIMIRI PHASE NOISE MODEL 2.3 109 109 111 112 3 Design of VCO 113 4 Optimization of CMOS VCO 4.1 OPTIMIZATION OF VCO 4.2 OPTIMIZATION RESULTS 115 116 117 Chapter 7 Optimization of CMOS RF Power Amplifiers 123 1 RF Power Amplifiers 1.1 LINEAR AMPLIFIER: CLASS-A, B, AB, AND C 1.1.1 Class-A Power Amplifier 1.1.2 Class-B Amplifier 1.1.3 Class-C Amplifier... noise performance of the transceiver system The main purpose of the LNA in the receive path is to provide sufficient gain for the RF signal to overcome the noise of subsequent stages of the receiver In addition, its gain must be low enough to accommodate the very wide dynamic range of the input signal without saturating the LNA Usually, the noise of the LNA dominates the noise performance of the on-chip... on parasitic-aware optimization; Chapter 2 provides an overview of the modeling of monolithic passive and active components for use in parasiticaware synthesis Part II of the book introduces the readers to optimization techniques for various RF circuits Specifically, Chapter 3 discusses the general concepts as well as algorithms for optimization, while Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 investigate the parasitic-aware. .. of the latter The wide variety of standards also imposes a number of RF front-end circuit requirements For example, if the modulation frequency of the system is 900 MHz, the front-end circuits need to be tuned through the use of passive components to 900 MHz; if the system uses a linear digital modulation scheme, a highly linear front-end RF circuit is required, and so on Figure 1-2 shows a basic RF. .. Ultra-Wideband Amplifier 152 3 Optimization of CMOS Ultra-Wideband Amplifier OPTIMIZATION OF A CMOS DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER 3.1 OPTIMIZATION RESULTS 3.2 155 156 156 Index 161 This page intentionally left blank Contributing Authors Kiyong Choi Jinho Park David J Allstot This page intentionally left blank Preface The annual market for wireless devices exceeds tens of billions of dollars worldwide As markets... variations is to perform global optimization of CMOS RF integrated circuits by including all device and package parasitics as part of the design process Introduction 2 5 OVERVIEW OF WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS When it comes to wireless communications, there are many system standards to support myriad applications For example, both analog and digital modulation schemes have been implemented at various RF frequencies... amplifier presented in Chapter 7 of this book is a high efficiency nonlinear class-E PA for GMSK applications Introduction 3 7 OUTLINE OF THE BOOK The primary objective of this book is to study optimization methods as applied to the major circuit blocks in RF IC design The optimization techniques described apply not only to the circuits in this book, but to virtually all circuits as well as applications . alt="" Parasitic-Aware Optimization of CMOS RF Circuits This page intentionally left blank Parasitic-Aware Optimization of CMOS RF Circuits David J. Allstot Kiyong Choi Jinho Park University of. PHASE NOISE MODEL 3. Design of VCO 4. Optimization of CMOS VCO 4.1 4.2 OPTIMIZATION OF VCO OPTIMIZATION RESULTS Chapter 7 Optimization of CMOS RF Power Amplifiers 1. RF Power Amplifiers 1.1 LINEAR. OPTIMIZED ix 67 67 67 67 69 70 70 72 76 80 80 81 82 84 84 84 89 89 90 91 92 92 93 95 95 96 96 97 98 99 99 100 Parasitic-aware optimization of CMOS RF circuits x 5.3 OPTIMIZATION SIMULATION RESULTS Chapter 6 Optimization of CMOS Oscillators 1. CMOS Oscillators 2. Phase Noise 2.1 2.2 2.3 EFFECTS OF PHASE NOISE LEESON