Adaptive Low-Power Circuits for Wireless Communications

With a billion - soon to be two billion - cellular telephones in circulation, the next challenge is to make cellular radio functions adaptive to their environment. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for optimizing performance, discussing joint optimization of Noise Figure and Input Intercept Point in receiver systems. Also examined are original techniques to optimize voltage controlled oscillators and low-noise amplifiers, minimizing power consumption while maintaining adequate system performance.

Autorentext
Prof. John Long is a well known figure in the RF community and Dr. Wouter Serdijn has (co)authored several books with Springer before.

Zusammenfassung

Adaptive radio transceivers require a comprehensive theoretical framework in order to optimize their performance. Adaptive Low-Power Circuits for Wireless Communications provides this framework with a discussion of joint optimization of Noise Figure and Input Intercept Point in receiver systems. Original techniques to optimize voltage controlled oscillators and low-noise amplifiers to minimize their power consumption while maintaining adequate system performance are also provided. The experimental results presented at the end of the book confirm the utility of the proposed techniques.

Inhalt

PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF RF CIRCUITS.- SPECTRUM-SIGNAL TRANSFORMATION.- SELECTION OF PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS FOR RECEIVER CIRCUITS.- ADAPTIVITY OF LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS.- ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS.- DESIGN OF ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS AND ADAPTIVE RF FRONT-ENDS.