08:00-12:00 WSH

"UWB Radio: From Building Block to SoC"

Topics and Speakers:

• Use of Cognitive Radio Techniques for OFDM Ultra-Wideband Coexistence with WiMAX, J. Lansford, Alereon, Inc.
  
  
• RF/Mixed-Signal IC Design for UWB OFDM Systems, S. Raman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  
  
• Design Strategies for CMOS UWB Radios, A. H-C. Kang, Realtek
  
  
• ESD Protection for Wideband RF CMOS Circuits – Challenges, Options and Trade-offs, N. Iyer, Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd
  
  
• Front-end Amplifier Design for Ultra-Wideband Systems, R. Gharpurey, University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• C-Wave UWB Chipsets, R. Sengottalyan, Pulse-Link
  

Organizers: A.Wang, Illinois Institute of Technology;
L.Yang, SMIC; Y.Zhou, The Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sponsor: RFIC

This workshop focuses on advances in developing Si-based ultrawideband (UWB) radio integrated circuit systems. Topics covers from front-end blocks to UWB SoCs, including, low noise amplifiers, pulse generators, mixers, multipliers, ADC, transmitters, receivers, timing, digital baseband, MAC, etc. Attendees will be exposed to critical design issues and tricks related to UWB SoC designs.