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1. RFIC Design
Lecture 1:
Introduction to RFIC

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Evolution of mobile
communications
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Why Wireless
More communications
Convenient
Cost effective

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Why RFIC
Advanced CMOS Technology
High Integration
Cost effective
Small form factor

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Challenge of Wireless
 Noise interference
 Precious Spectrum
 Power budget
 Cost
 More RF bands and communication Protocols

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In the age of 1G cellular phone

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Source: Connor Ref.7
In the age of 1G cellular phone

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Source: Connor
Ref.7
Why CMOS RF

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In the age of 2G
GSM Function Blocks

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In the age of 3G
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In the age of 3G
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MediaTek 4G solution
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Fuji RF Transceiver
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Qualcomm 4G Snapdragon
 System-in-Package
1: Introduction to RFIC Slide 18

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5G Spectrum
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Qualcomm 5G solution
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5G scenario
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
 This job resembles to find out the location of your
hourse on the earth and talk to you family when you
are on the moon.
 In actually, the situation is more complicated.
 However, people have to make it possible.
 Now, we are going to learn how to make it.

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RFIC Design Bottleneck

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RF Applications
 Pager
 Cellular phone: AMPs, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA,
LTE, mmWave, 5G…
 WLAN: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g → Enable wireless Local Area
Network 2.4G, 5.2G/5.7G and etc..
 GPS: global position system. 1.5 GHz where you are at any
places.
 RF IDs: a small and lost-cost tags. Allows to identify who/where
you are. Operating at 900-MHz and 2.4-GHz bands.
 Home satellite network: Operating 10-GHz range and direct
broadcast TV through satellite to home with very high quality.
PAN (personal area network): Bluetooth, Zigbee
 DAB, DVB
 WiMax

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Course Plan
 Part 1 : Wireless Communication system
– Transceiver, Modulation, Demodulation
 Part 2 : Microwave Communication
– Distributed system, S Parameters
 Part 3 : RF Devices
– Passive and Active devices, modeling
 Part 4 : RF Circuits
– LNA, Mixer, VCO, PA, Synthesizer

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References
 http://www.qualcomm.com
 http://www.mediatek.com
 http://www.fiju.com