Mm-wave Silicon Technology: 60 Ghz and Beyond - Integrated Circuits and Systems 2008 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: to mm-Wave Silicon Devices, Circuits, and Systems.- Silicon Technologies to Address mm-Wave Solutions.- Design and Modeling of Active and Passive Devices.- Amplifiers and Mixers.- Voltage-Controlled Oscillators and Frequency Dividers.- Power Amplifiers at 60GHz and Beyond.- Integrated Beamforming Arrays. Jacket Description/Back:mm-Wave Silicon Technology: 60GHz and Beyond covers silicon-based millimeter wave circuits and systems. It provides in depth coverage of advanced silicon processing technologies including CMOS and SiGe as well as modeling of active and passive devices on silicon at millimeter waves. It also provides coverage of mm-wave circuit building blocks such as low noise amplifiers, mixers, voltage controlled oscillators, frequency dividers, and power amplifiers that are suitable for integration in silicon. The book contains information on highly integrated mm-wave transceiver architectures with several silicon-based case studies. The book also includes advanced topics such as antenna arrays and beam-forming on silicon. The book begins by presenting the fundamental technology scaling and device-level changes that have allowed mm-wave silicon performance. It then covers critical front-end mm-wave building blocks that achieve high gain, low noise, high power, and good dynamic range in low voltage silicon technology. The book culminates in the discussion of phased-array systems capable of beam forming and exploiting spatial diversity for increased throughput or range. mm-Wave Silicon Technology: 60GHz and Beyond is written for practicing RF and analog circuit designers who are interested in this growing field. The chapters are self-contained and include short tutorials on important concepts before delving into details. Publisher Marketing: This book compiles and presents the research results from the past 5 years in mm-wave silicon circuits. It covers device modeling, circuit building blocks, phased array systems, and antennas and packaging.

Contributor Bio:  Niknejad, Ali M Ali M. Niknejad obtained his Ph. D. in 2000 from the University of California, Berkeley, where he is currently an assistant professor in the EECS department. He is a faculty director at the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC) and the co-director of the BSIM Research Group. Before his appointment at Berkeley, Niknejad worked for several years for Silicon Laboratories designing CMOS ICs. He has also served as an associate editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, and was a co-recipient of the Jack Raper Award for Outstanding Technology Directions Paper at ISSCC 2004.