The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits [Paperback]

Thomas H. Lee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 13, 1998

This comprehensive and insightful book sets out in detail how to design gigahertz-speed radio-frequency integrated circuits in CMOS technology. Starting with a history of radio to establish a foundation and to differentiate the discrete era from the IC age, the book reviews passive RLC networks, the characteristics of IC components and transistor models. The design of high-frequency tuned and broadband amplifiers follows, with an emphasis on approximate methods that provide important design insight as a complement to simulation results. Key RF building blocks, such as low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), mixers, power amplifiers, high spectral purity oscillators and frequency synthesizers are studied in detail. The book closes with an examination of transceiver architectures. With over 350 circuit diagrams and illustrations, and many homework problems, this will be an ideal textbook for anyone taking advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in RF electronics, as well as a useful reference for practising engineers.

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"This is an excellent textbook on RF stuff! Tom Lee is very entertaining and makes a mundane subject like RF design very interesting. Historical footnotes give you a different perspective about circuit design. Good coverage of basics and detailed higher order analyses make this an outstanding reference for graduate students or practicing designers. I wish it had existed when I was in college!" Rajesh Zele Ph.D., analog design engineer

Book Description

This comprehensive and insightful book sets out in detail how to design gigahertz-speed radio-frequency integrated circuits in CMOS technology. With over 350 circuit diagrams and illustrations, and many homework problems, it will be an ideal textbook for anyone taking advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in RF electronics, as well as a useful reference for practising engineers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 616 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521639220
• ISBN-13: 978-0521639224
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,320,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not an introductory text, May 25, 2005

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RFguy (Lynchburg, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition (Hardcover)

If you're looking for a book on CMOS design this is not it. An excellent choice would be the book by Gray and Meyer. If you're looking for a book on RF design this is not it either. Unfortunately there is no definitive text on RF design. For RF system concepts I like 'Radio Communications Concepts: Analog' by Ralph Carson. For a good intro to S-parameters and matching take a look at 'Microwave Transistor Amplifiers' by Gonzales. For in-depth treatment try 'Microwave and RF Circuits: Analysis, Synthesis and Design' by Max Medley, but be warned this one is very math intensive and assumes a good knowledge of network theory. For some good RF cookbook circuits get Vizmuller's, 'RF Design Guide'. I've yet to find a good overall treatment of nonlinear circuits.

So what is this book? If you are familiar with discrete RF design and have a knowledge of CMOS analog design this book helps you tie the two together for high frequency RFIC design. Although the level of detail is a little thin the chapters on high frequency amplifiers and other RF circuits are very useful and cover some topologies and concepts that are not commonly found in other books.

The value in this text is that it presents an overview of many different ways to arrive at the RF blocks of a transceiver in CMOS and presents the tradeoffs and limitations of each.

The book would have been better if the review material on CMOS and voltage/current references were left out since they are covered in very little detail and there are many other texts that do a better job on those topics. I would have preferred more detail on the high freqeuncy integrated architectures which are the forte of this book.

I consider it a good purchase.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to CMOS RF Design, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (Paperback)

Possibly the most well-written book on CMOS design I have ever read. Relaxed, readable style and an emphasis on core ideas and rule-of-thumb design rules, makes this an extremely useful practical guide, as well as a great introduction to a complex topic. Some excellent advanced material on oscillator design too. I particularly liked the first and last chapters giving a history of radio design - very interesting background. I think the best compliment I can give this book is that I found it difficult to put down - for a circuits textbook, that is truly an incredible achievement!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, maybe not such a great title !, July 28, 2004

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This review is from: The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I am an analog / mixed signal / signal processing / RF engineer with 30+ years of design experience. A friend of mine lent me the book. I could not put it down! This book was not purchased with with the expectation of designing RF ICs, hence my minor dig on the title. The book is really a broad band reference covering a wide range of topics including some great history. Professor Lee has created a reference that is only outdone by the likes of Frederick Terman! His humor is also keenly appreciated. The rest of the ivory-tower stuffed-shirts could benefit from a lecture or two by Lee on this topic :-)