The goal of this project is to integrate a complete monolithic radio transceiver in CMOS. The project presents many new challenges in CMOS RF design. We are targeting both the DCS 1800 (a variant of the popular GSM standard) and DECT (Digital European Cordless Telephone) standard as a demonstration of the multi-standard capability of this approach Blocks currently under design include: receiver system design, LNA,image-reject mixer (adaptive image-reject mixer, mixer design), frequency synthesizer (LC tank based PLL, delay-locked loop (DLL), divider), continuous-time anti-aliasing filter, A/D converter, up-conversion mixers, and power amplifiers(Class C Power Amplifier, Class E Power Amplifier).
Related research: The infopad project
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