Modern Receiver Front-Ends

Architectures BABAK MATINPOUR and JOY LASKAR
* Describes the actual implementation of receiver architectures from the initial design to an IC-based product
* Presents many tricks-of-the-trade not usually covered in textbooks
* Covers a range of practical issues including semiconductor technology selection, cost versus performance, yield, packaging, prototype development, testing, and analysis
* Discusses architectures that are employed in modern broadband wireless systems

A crucial component of broadband wireless communications systems, the design of radio-frequency integrated circuits is one of the most important fields in modern technology. This guide for entry level designers and students addresses a range of practical issues associated with receiver design, including semiconductor technology selection, prototype development, testing, and analysis. It also describes the architectures employed in modern broadband wireless systems. The authors are affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

JOY LASKAR, PhD, is the Joseph M. Pettit Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of over 200 technical papers and has fifteen patents pending. Professor Laskar has also received numerous awards for his work, including the Army Research Office's Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, and the IEEE Rappaport Award. He is Director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC).

BABAK MATINPOUR, PhD, is the cofounder and vice president of VT Silicon Inc., a fables wireless start-up developing next generation Ics for 3G mobile phones. Dr. Matinpour has published over twenty IEEE papers and presented several invited talks on GaAs and SiGe RF ICs.

SUDIPTO CHAKRABORTY, PhD, is a senior research engineer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, where he is involved in analysis, design, and characterization of advanced wired and wireless circuits and systems towards advanced communication technologies using silicon-based processes. Dr. Chakraborty has authored or coauthored over thirty technical articles, presented several invited talks in the area of integrated transceiver design, and has two patents pending.