mm-Wave Silicon Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction to mm-Wave Silicon Devices, Circuits, and Systems

   • Ali M. Niknejad, Hossein Hashemi

   Pages 1-24

3. Silicon Technologies to Address mm-Wave Solutions

   • Andreia Cathelin, John J. Pekarik

   Pages 25-57

4. Design and Modeling of Active and Passive Devices

   • Ali M. Niknejad, Sohrab Emami, Chinh Doan, Babak Heydari, Mounir Bohsali

   Pages 59-108

5. Amplifiers and Mixers

   • Ali M. Niknejad, Sohrab Emami, Babak Heydari, Ehsan Adabi, Bagher Afshar, Brian A. Floyd

   Pages 109-157

6. Voltage-Controlled Oscillators and Frequency Dividers

   • Jri Lee

   Pages 159-200

7. Power Amplifiers at 60GHz and Beyond

   • Ehsan Afshari, Abbas Komijani

   Pages 201-242

8. Integrated Beamforming Arrays

   • Harish Krishnaswamy, Hossein Hashemi

   Pages 243-295

9. Back Matter

   Pages 297-302

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Seven years ago research in the ?eld of mm-wave silicon was virtually non-existent. Fewpeoplethoughtthatoperationat60GHzwasevenfeasibleinsilicontechnology. Inthecourseofsevenyearsthe topichastransitionedfromanobscureresearchtopic to an exciting buzzword (60GHz) that has generated much interest from industry and the venture community.To put things in historical perspective, seven years ago most commercial efforts were focused on the 1-10 GHz spectrum for voice and data applications for mobile phones and portable computers. Many people were actively seeking solutions to the “last mile” problem, or a way to deliver high speed data to users in their homes and of?ces throughcable, telephone, or wireless infrastructure. At the same time, the explosive growth of wireless data such as WiFi spurred s- ni?cant research into and development of new architectures for radio transceivers that could deliver very high data rates over short ranges, particularly for video and personal area networks. Thisproblem can be viewed as the “last meter” or even the “last inch” connection that delivers high bandwidth multimedia content to devices. The growth of MP3 media devices, and now handheld video devices, and the rapid adoptionofHDTV and ?at screentelevisions hascreateda healthydemandforte- nology that enables high speed wireless video transmission. For this reason, today we witness a very active interest in mm-wave silicon technology. Other important commercial applications include automotive radar for safety and improved driving experience. But these applications are only the tip of the iceberg.

• CMOS
• Hashemi
• Niknejad
• active and passive devices
• amplifiers and mixers
• circuit
• frequency dividers
• heterojunction bipolar transistor
• integrated beamforming arrays
• mm-Wave
• silicon technology
• voltage-controlled oscillators

• University of California, Berkeley, USA

  Ali M. Niknejad

• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

  Hossein Hashemi

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