The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Thomas H. Lee (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521835399 | ISBN-13: 978-0521835398 | Publication Date: December 22, 2003 | Edition: 2

This expanded and thoroughly revised edition of Thomas H. Lee's acclaimed guide to the design of gigahertz RF integrated circuits features a completely new chapter on the principles of wireless systems. The chapters on low-noise amplifiers, oscillators and phase noise have been significantly expanded as well. The chapter on architectures now contains several examples of complete chip designs that bring together all the various theoretical and practical elements involved in producing a prototype chip. First Edition Hb (1998): 0-521-63061-4 First Edition Pb (1998); 0-521-63922-0

Editorial Reviews

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"Tom Lee has written a terrific book. Everyone that visits my office wants to borrow it, and I tell them to go buy their own."
David Rutledge, California Institute of Technology

"[A] useful reference both for students in advanced courses and for engineers in the field."
Dejan S. Vujic, Communications Engineer

"Tom Lee's love of, and deep involvement in, radio-frequency integrated circuits is immediately obvious upon glancing through this excellent and original book. Some of his viewpoints are controversial; but this, in fact, makes this stimulating, hard-to-put-down book all the more interesting."
Yannis Tsividis, Columbia University

“Thomas Lee uses [an] engaging history lesson as a starting point for this 797-page guide to the design of gigahertz RF ICs. In the second edition, Lee has tweaked all of the first-edition material and added additional information...The author's conversational writing style interspersed with lighthearted humor is enjoyable to read.”
Electronic Design

"...The first edition of this book, published in 1998, was a pioneering textbook on the field of RF CMOS design. This second edition is a very interesting and upgraded version that includes new material and revised topics...This second edition, which is upgraded and improved, is really useful, both in the industry and academia, for the new generation of RF engineers...and is a valuable reference for practicing engineers..."
IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine

Book Description

This expanded and thoroughly revised edition of Thomas H. Lee's acclaimed guide to the design of gigahertz RF integrated circuits features a completely new chapter on the principles of wireless systems. The chapters on low-noise amplifiers, oscillators and phase noise have been significantly expanded as well. The chapter on architectures now contains several examples of complete chip designs that bring together all the various theoretical and practical elements involved in producing a prototype chip. To complement the new material, every other section of the book has been revised and updated.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (December 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521835399
• ISBN-13: 978-0521835398
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,900 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 :-)