CMOS integrated circuits for radio and microwave frequencies

Last years were a period of rapid development of Si CMOS integrated circuits production technology and their wide application in digital mobile and wireless telephony, in terrestrial and satellite television receivers, in GPS receivers, RF ID systems, in wireless local area networks (WLAN), etc.

Here is a book that presents the most important information about Si CMOS technology, layout design principles, electrical models of integrated passive components and MOSFET transistors. The most space is devoted to the issues of system and implementation principles, for the range of radio and microwave frequencies, amplifiers of small signals, low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, generators as well as modulators and demodulators of digital signals. The issues of noise and nonlinear distortion in high frequency systems and systems were also discussed.

The book is intended for students of electronics and telecommunications, studying microwave techniques, radioelectronics and microelectronics. It will also be useful for engineers and scientists specializing in these areas.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Noise and distortion in the radio and microwave frequency circuits

2.1. Introduction
2.2. Noise in electronic circuits
2.3. Non-linearity and distortion in radio frequency circuits
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3. RLC circuits, transmission lines and impedance matching

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Parallel resonant circuit RLC
3.3. Serial RLC resonant circuit
3.4. Modifications of RLC resonant circuits
3.5. Impedance matching by means of LC circuits with concentrated parameters
3.6. Impedance matching by means of transmission lines (circuits with distributed parameters)
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4. Models of passive components of integrated circuits

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Integrated resistors and their models
4.3. Integrated capacitors and their perimeter models
4.4. Integrated induction components and their peripheral models
4.5. Coplanar transmission lines
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5. Models of MOSFETs and varactors

5.1. Introduction
5.2. Current-voltage characteristics of the MOSFET transistor
5.3. Ground supply voltage effect
5.4. MOSFET transistor with short channel
5.5. Types of MOSFET transistors
5.6. The capacitance of the MOSFET transistor
5.7. Substitute circuits for MOSFETs
5.8. MOSFET noise models for a range of radio and microwave frequencies
5.9. Models of varactors
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6. Supplying CMOS circuits

6.1. Introduction
6.1. Properties of the pn diode as reference voltage source
6.2. Implementation of diodes and bipolar transistors in CMOS technology
6.3. Current mirrors
6.4. Voltage dividers
6.5. Sources (generators) of the reference current
6.6. Circuits with supply current independent of the supply voltage - circuits with self-supply
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7. Stability, amplification and noise factor of the amplifier

7.1. Introduction
7.2. Stability conditions and maximum power amplification
7.3. The minimum noise figure of the amplifier
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8. Amplifiers of small signals

8.1. Introduction
8.2. Amplifier with parallel inductance compensating for a decrease in gain in the high frequency range
8.3. A broadband amplifier with a four-way compensating circuit
8.4. Broadband amplifiers with feedback
8.5. Transistor circuits doubling the cut-off frequency fT
8.6. Resonant amplifier
8.7. Differential amplifiers for the radio frequency range
8.8. Strip amplifier
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9. Amplifiers with low noise

9.1. Introduction
9.2. Classical theory of two-way noise
9.3. Dependence of noise parameters of transistors on the MOSFET transistor layout (noise scaling)
9.4. Noise parameters of MOSFET transistors
9.5. Topographies of small-field amplifiers, minimum noise ratio adjustment and maximum power amplification
9.6. Amplifier design technique with simultaneous noise and impedance matching
9.7. Amplifier design technique with simultaneous noise and impedance matching while limiting the power supply
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10. Power amplifiers

10.1. Introduction
10.2. Resonant power amplifiers operating in classes A, B, AB and C
10.3. Class D power amplifier
10.4. Class E power amplifier
10.5. Class F power amplifier
10.6 Linearity of the power amplifier
10.7. Current limitations and power limits in integrated power amplifiers
10.8. Power amplifiers with the sum of the power of the output signal
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11. Mixers

11.1. Introduction
11.2. Mixers with a non-linear element with a square characteristic
11.3. Mixers as multiplication systems
11.4. Potentiometric mixers
11.5. Single-ribbon mixers (with mirror frequency elimination)
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12. Generators

12.1. Introduction
12.2. Resonant circuit
12.3. Generator as a system with positive feedback
12.4. Topography of feedback circuits in HF generators
12.5. Simplified analysis of generators with feedback
12.6. Differential systems of transistor generators
12.7. Voltage tuning of transistor generators in the differential version
12.8. Generators producing quadrature signals
12.9. Wheel generators
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13. Phase noise

13.1. Introduction
13.2. The spectrum of the LC generator signal
13.3. Phase noise of LC generators
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14. Digital modulators and detectors

14.1. Introduction
14.2. Digital phase modulation
14.3. Binary phase modulation (BPSK)
14.4. Digital BPSK modulators
14.5. Quadrature step phase modulation (QPSK)
14.6. Vector modulator
14.7. QPSK digital modulator
14.8. Signal demodulator with QPSK modulation
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15. Technology of CMOS integrated circuits

15.1. Introduction
15.2. Physical properties of materials used to make CMOS circuits
15.3. CMOS technology
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16. Topography (layout) of Si CMOS integrated circuits

16.1. Introduction
16.2. Masks and layout layers in CMOS design
16.3. Layers of the layout
16.4. Layout of integrated resistors
16.5. Layout of integrated capacitors
16.6. Layout of coils
16.7. Layout of the assembly field
16.8. Layout of MOSFET transistors and diodes
16.9. Layout of the diode pn
16.10. Layout of variotor diodes
16.11. Basic remarks regarding the CMOS layout layout design
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