rficdesignSi-BJT Based RFIC Design for Wireless Applications Introduction Contents s Introduction s Technology - optimization, active and passive s Modeling - active, passive, substrate, package s Characterization - de-embedding, onwafer noise measurement s Design - LNA, mixer, oscillator, drive amp, power amp s Layout s Production testing s Evaluation board design RF s Frequencies between 300 MHz and 3 GHz x Often understood as consumer application MMIC s s s s s s Wave length of signals are no longer much greater than the element dimension Hard to describe circuit feature with simple voltage and current as they become a function of position and time Require wave concepts which can be described by power Use units like dB, dBm, dBc Passive elements become less ideal and strong function o……