Tunable RF Components and Circuits: Applications in Mobile Handsets

342 Pages·2015·36.35 MB·English

by  Jeffrey L. Hilbert

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Tunable RF Components and Circuits: Applications in Mobile Handsets
provides a technical introduction to the state of the art in tunable radio
frequency (RF) components, circuits, and applications and discusses the
foundational work that has been done to date. Leading practitioners in
the field share their expertise on tunable devices in mobile handset appli-
cations. Through these practical viewpoints, you will discover how to use
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tunable RF techniques and devices to develop successful product
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today’s commercial market for tunable RF. The book explains how

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RF microelectromechanical systems (RF-MEMS), barium strontium
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high-performance complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS)
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are used as enabling technologies for tunable functions in current and
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next-generation radio architectures. The book also describes power
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improving efficiency; presents a network operator’s perspective on the
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evolution of the handset front end; and explores emerging approaches to
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production testing of wireless devices.
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• Introduces the concept of tunable RF, the forces driving its rapid adoption, t
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applications in mobile handsets, including estimates of market size, drivers,
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in wireless networks, handsets, chipsets, architectures, modules, antennas,
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components, and test equipment
APPLICATIONS IN MOBILE HANDSETS
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Tunable RF
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Circuits
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APPLICATIONS IN MOBILE HANDSETS
Devices, Circuits, and Systems
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CMOS Emerging Technologies Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Tunable RF
Components
Circuits
and
APPLICATIONS IN MOBILE HANDSETS
EDITED BY
Jeffrey L. Hilbert
WiSpry, Incorporated, Irvine, California, USA
Krzysztof Iniewski
MANAGING EDITOR
CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Contents
Preface.......................................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................xiii
Series Editor .............................................................................................................xv
Editor .....................................................................................................................xvii
Contributors ............................................................................................................xix
Chapter 1 Tunable RF Market Overview ..............................................................1
Jeffrey L. Hilbert
Chapter 2 RFSOI Technologies on HR Silicon Substrates for
Reconfigurable Wireless Solutions .....................................................23
Julio Costa
Chapter 3 BST Technology for Mobile Applications ..........................................47
James G. Oakes and David W. Laks
Chapter 4 Tuned Antennas for Embedded Applications ....................................73
Frank Caimi
Chapter 5 Tunable and Adaptive Antenna Systems ..........................................103
Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson, and Jeff Shamblin
Chapter 6 Effective Antenna Aperture Tuning with RF-MEMS .....................123
Larry Morrell and Paul Tornatta
Chapter 7 RF-CMOS Impedance Tuners: Performance Metrics and
Design Trade-Offs ............................................................................145
Tero Ranta
Chapter 8 Handset Antenna Tuning Using BST ...............................................165
Paul McIntosh
Chapter 9 Aperture-Tunable Antennas: Handset OEM Perspective .................191
Ping Shi
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Chapter 10 Power Amplifier Envelope Tracking ................................................205
Jeremy Hendy and Gerard Wimpenny
Chapter 11 MEMS Switching in the Handset RF Front End .............................243
Igor Lalicevic
Chapter 12 Case Study of Tunable Radio Architectures ....................................257
Alpaslan Demir and Tanbir Haque
Chapter 13 Network Operator Perspectives ........................................................277
Yuang Lou
Chapter 14 Testing Wireless Devices in Manufacturing ....................................299
Rob Brownstein and Minh-Chau Huynh