Fundamentals of High Frequency CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits (PDF)

This textbook is ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in RF CMOS circuits, RF circuit design, and high-frequency analog circuit design. It is aimed at electronics engineering students, as well as IC design engineers in the field, who wish to gain a deeper understanding of circuit fundamentals and go beyond the widely-used automated design procedures. A design-centric approach is adopted in order to bridge the gap between fundamental analog electronic circuits textbooks and more advanced RF IC design texts. The structure and operation of the building blocks of high-frequency ICs are introduced in a systematic manner, with an emphasis on transistor-level operation, the influence of device characteristics and parasitic effects, and input-output behavior in the time and frequency domains.

• Designed for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in RF CMOS circuits, RF circuit design, and high-frequency analog circuit design;
• Uses simple circuit models to enable a robust understanding of high-frequency design fundamentals;
• Employs solved design examples to familiarize the reader with the design flow, starting with knowledge-basedand model-based hand-design and progressing to SPICE simulations;
• Introduces fine-tuning procedures in circuit design with an emphasis on key trade-offs;
• Demonstrates key criteria and parameters that are used to describe system-level performance.