Rf and Mm-wave Power Generation in Silicon - 9780124080522

Silicon-based integrated technology, e.g. complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) or SiGe BiCMOS process, offers a powerful platform for realizing a full radio system on a single chip with its unparalleled integration level and extensive digital processing capability, achieving greater efficiencies and high-energy savings. However, the power amplifier (PA), which greatly affects the entire transmitter’s power efficiency and output signal quality, is the major block for full transceiver implementation in a silicon-based process.

This book presents the challenges and solutions of designing power amplifiers at RF and mm-Wave frequencies in a silicon-based process for both high energy and area-efficiency, covering practical power amplifier design methodologies, and includes power amplifier design examples in the RF frequency range and power generation towards the mm-Wave and sub-TeraherHZ frequencies.

• Brings together in one reference the latest advances in CMOS power amplifier design to achieve the development of a full radio system on a chip, the hottest research area in RF engineering at the moment
• Contributions from the top people in the field both from academia and industry, making it the first starting point for researchers and practitioners in industry
• Gives design basics and design examples in CMOS power amplifier design together with mm-Wave/Sub-THz range technical solutions, including applications in wireless HD signal transmission, wireless USB, medical imaging, and biomedical spectroscopy