Integrated Frequency Synthesizers for Wireless Systems

Key problem-solving resource covering the entire design process - from system-level specification to layout - of PLL frequency synthesizers for today's communications applications. Ideal for optimizing performance and minimizing design time. With practical design examples, this book is invaluable for practitioners in IC design, and researchers and graduate students in electrical engineering.

The increasingly demanding performance requirements of communications systems, as well as problems posed by the continued scaling of silicon technology, present numerous challenges for the design of frequency synthesizers in modern transceivers. This book contains everything you need to know for the efficient design of frequency synthesizers for today''s communications applications. If you need to optimize performance and minimize design time, you will find this book invaluable. Using an intuitive yet rigorous approach, the authors describe simple analytical methods for the design of phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers using scaled silicon CMOS and bipolar technologies. The entire design process, from system-level specification to layout, is covered comprehensively. Practical design examples are included, and implementation issues are addressed. A key problem-solving resource for practitioners in IC design, the book will also be of interest to researchers and graduate students in electrical engineering.