What is impedance matching? Applications of impedance matching. Impedance matching and design considerations. Impedance (Z) matching is an essential part of most RF circuit design. Regardless of what ...

Active inductors have emerged as a transformative component in CMOS radio frequency (RF) circuit design, effectively replacing traditional passive inductors with active semiconductor networks. By ...

Renesas has developed two 2.4-GHz RF transceiver technologies that facilitate Bluetooth LE operation in IoT devices. Presented at this year’s International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the company ...

It is predicted that two fifths of mobile phone RF transceivers will be made using CMOS technology by 2009, so there is little surprise that semiconductor firms have started to put a big design effect ...

Incorporating front-end RF functions into the digital baseband of CMOS comms chips will not prove economical except for low-spec voice-only handsets, according to Renesas Technology. Despite claims ...

Fabless integrated circuit companies rely on foundry process design kits, supplied by the fab, to create new products. The design kit contains electrical and physical models of the devices available ...

San Jose, California -- November 9, 2005-- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its 0.18 micron AT58900 RF CMOS process technology for ASIC foundry customers whose products require ...

Well, let's start with what is tough about RF CMOS in single chip! CMOS is primarily a digital process. The analog circuit design in CMOS is tough, and the RF circuit design in CMOS is even tougher.

The next-generation 4G wireless standard known as long-term evolution (LTE) presents some new and difficult design choices for OEMs. One of the more difficult choices involves the less glamorous, but ...

The growth of the mobile phone market is driven by consumer demand for more functionality in smaller and more affordable handsets and handhelds, for high-speed wireless data services, and for multiple ...