EDN

Design considerations for integrated CMOS receivers

To meet the demands for the multi-band, multi-mode wireless standards in the current market, a highly integrated wireless receiver (RX) is desired. CMOS technology has become the technology of choice ...
Design-Reuse

Cryogenic CMOS design enabled by Semiwise

November 11, 2022 -- Semiwise has developed transistor SPICE models based on the GlobalFoundries (GF) 22FDX ® Platform that enable cryogenic CMOS design and verification. Using its patented ...
EDN

A Designer’s Guide to CMOS RF Models

In recent years we have begun to see references to “RF” CMOS processes and to “RF” models for those processes. This article will explore what the real meanings of such “RF” designations are, and what ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Combining CMOS IC And MEMS Design For IoT Edge Devices

Creating a sensor-based IoT edge device is challenging, due to the multiple design domains involved. But, creating an edge device that combines the electronics using the traditional CMOS IC flow and a ...
Design-Reuse

Mixed-signal design flow enables RF CMOS chip

Spirea AB is a Swedish fabless semiconductor company developing highly integrated low-power, low-cost radio solutions for the Wireless LAN and PAN markets. This article describes how we assembled a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Considerations for Porting a Bulk CMOS Design to FD-SOI

Technologists describe a straight port of an existing bulk CMOS design to FD-SOI at the same node, obtaining the value of fully depleted SOI for a modest redesign effort. November 16th, 2012 - By: ...
Electronic Design

Transform Traditional Frequency Control With CMOS+MEMS Integration

To alleviate the drawbacks of quartz oscillator technology, classic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) materials are now being used to fabricate three-dimensional resonating structures. These ...
Electronic Design

At Last, A Real Linear CMOS PA Fits Mobile Wireless Devices

One of the few non-CMOS circuits left in wireless devices like cell phones these days is the power amplifier (PA). Most wireless radios use gallium-arsenide (GaAs) bipolar PAs, which up to now have ...
PC Magazine

What's the Difference Between CMOS, BSI CMOS, and Stacked CMOS?

The heart of a digital camera is its image sensor, and in the digital age, we've seen a few different types of sensor technologies evolve. Most current options use a version of Complementary ...