Issues and trends in RF and mixed signal integration and partitioning

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 52-56

  Robertson, Dave ^a   Montalvo, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Baseband; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Converters; Industries; Radio frequency; System on a chip

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; INNOVATION; LITHOGRAPHY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BASEBAND; CELL PHONES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CONVERTERS; DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIES; MIXED SIGNALS; MOORE'S LAWS; RADIO FREQUENCY; RADIO FUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRIES; SHRINKING PROCESS; SOME APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP; WIRELESS LANS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 52649093333     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623707     Document Type: Article

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