Wireless Discrete-Time Receivers

Description

The first comprehensive guide to discrete-time (DT) receivers (RX), discussing the fundamental concepts and implications of the technology. This book will serve as an essential reference, covering the necessary building blocks of this field, such as low-noise transconductance amplifiers, current-driven mixers, DT band-pass filters, and DT low-pass filters. As well as addressing the basics, the authors present the most recent state-of-the-art techniques applied to the DT RX blocks. A step-by-step style is used to allow readers to develop the required skills to design the DT receivers at the architecture level, while providing in-depth knowledge of the details. Written by leading experts from academia, research, and industry, this book provides an excellent reference to the subject for a wide audience, from postgraduate students to experienced researchers and professionals working with RF circuits.

Massoud Tohidian is currently Chief Technology Officer and a managing partner at Qualinx BV. He has been involved in developing low-power CMOS wireless chips for the company. Dr. Tohidian has a Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology in electrical engineering. Iman Madadi is CEO and cofounder of Qualinx BV, a high-tech fabless semiconductor company using digital RF techniques. Dr. Madadi holds a Ph.D. qualification from Delft University of Technology in electrical engineering. Amir Bozorg is currently a research scientist at University College Dublin, as well as Equal1 Labs Ltd. Mr. Bozorg has authored several IEEE journal papers and holds four issued US patents in the field of RF-CMOS design. Robert Bogdan Staszewski is a full professor in electrical circuits at University College Dublin. Professor Staszewski is an IEEE fellow and a recipient of the 2012 IEEE Circuits and Systems Industrial Pioneer award. He is also a cofounder of Equal1 Labs. He spent 14 years at Texas Instruments designing wireless transceivers based on the presented technology.