ABSTRACT

Advanced concepts for wireless communications offer a vision of technology that is embedded in our surroundings and practically invisible, but present whenever required. Although the use of deep submicron CMOS processes allows for an unprecedented degree of scaling in digital circuitry, it complicates the implementation and integration of traditional RF circuits. The requirement for long operating life under limited energy supply also poses severe design constraints, particularly in critical applications in commerce, healthcare, and security. These challenges call for innovative design solutions at the circuit and system levels. Low Power Emerging Wireless Technologies addresses the crucial scientific and technological challenges for the realization of fully integrated, highly efficient, and cost-effective solutions for emerging wireless applications.

Get Insights from the Experts on Wireless Circuit Design

The book features contributions by top international experts in wireless circuit design representing both industry and academia. They explore the state of the art in wireless communication for 3G and 4G cellular networks, millimeter-wave applications, wireless sensor networks, and wireless medical technologies. The emphasis is on low-power wireless applications, RF building blocks for wireless applications, and short-distance and beam steering. Topics covered include new opportunities in body area networks, medical implants, satellite communications, automobile radar detection, and wearable electronics.

Exploit the Potential behind Emerging Green Wireless Technologies

A must for anyone serious about future wireless technologies, this multidisciplinary book discusses the challenges of emerging power-efficient applications. Written for practicing engineers in the wireless communication field who have some experience in integrated circuits, it is also a valuable resource for graduate students.

chapter 1|34 pages

Passive Imaging in Silicon Technologies

ByPayam Heydari

chapter 2|21 pages

Challenges in Wireless Chemical Sensor Networks

BySaverio De Vito

chapter 3|13 pages

Radio Frequency (RF) Radiation Exposure and Health

ByHubregt J. Visser

chapter 4|41 pages

Receiver Front Ends with Robustness to Process Variations

ByPooyan Sakian Dezfuli, Reza Mahmoudi, Arthur van Roermund

chapter 5|38 pages

Ultrawide Bandwidth Radio Frequency Identification and Localization

ByDavide Dardari

chapter 6|18 pages

Multifunctional Software-Defined Radar Sensors for Detection, Imaging, and Navigation

ByDmitriy Garmatyuk, Kyle Kauffman, Y. T. (Jade) Morton, John Raquet

chapter 7|19 pages

Large Signal and Small Signal Building Blocks for Cellular Infrastructure

ByMustafa Acar, Jos Bergervoet, Mark van der Heijden, Domine Leenaerts, Stefan Drude

chapter 8|23 pages

Efficient MIMO Receiver Design for Next Generation Wireless Systems

ByJi-Woong Choi, Hyukjoon Kwon, Jungwon Lee, Inyup Kang

chapter 9|39 pages

A Low Noise, Low Distortion Radio Design

ByAhmet Tekin, Hassan Elwan

chapter 10|19 pages

Ultralow Power Radio Design for Emerging Healthcare Applications

ByMaja Vidojkovic, Li Huang, Julien Penders, Guido Dolmans, Harmke de Groot

chapter 11|24 pages

Ultralow Power Techniques in Small Autonomous Implants and Sensor Nodes

ByBenoit Gosselin, Sébastien Roy, Farhad Sheikh Hosseini

chapter 12|16 pages

An Open-Loop Multiphase Local-Oscillator Generation Technique

ByKai-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins

chapter 13|20 pages

On-Chip Accelerometers Using Bondwire Inertial Sensing

ByYu-Te Liao, William Biederman, Brian Otis