Design-Reuse

An Integrated, Tunable RF Filter: an Enabler for Reconfigurable Front-Ends

This paper presents the design and performance of a key RF circuit necessary for the realization of a reconfigurable, integrated RF front-end: a tunable frequency, selectable bandwidth, on-chip, ...
Electronic Design

Reduce Losses In RF Schottky-PIN Limiter Circuits

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. Front-end limiter circuits using Schottky and PIN diodes can provide needed protection in communications and other RF systems. However, ...
EDN

Understand Radio Architectures, Part 1

The following is excerpted from Chapter 8 from “RF Circuit Design, 2e” by Christopher Bowick. The fundamental operation of an RF front end is fairly straightforward: it detects and processes radio ...
Semiconductor Engineering

New Architecture Elements For 5G RF Front-End Modules To Reduce Noise, Improve Efficiency, And Allow Multiple Radio Transmitters

“Worldwide adoption of fourth-generation wireless (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) smartphones and the actual transition to fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the main driving engine for semiconductor ...
Electronic Design

Reduce Losses In RF Schottky-PIN Limiter Circuits (.PDF Download)

Front-end limiter circuits using Schottky and PIN diodes can provide needed protection in communications and other RF systems. However, designers still must deal with the upper-frequency limit problem ...