Cmos Rf Filtering at Ghz Frequency a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

..............................................................................................................................v Acknowledgments ...........................................................................................................viii List of Tables ...................................................................................................................xiv List of Figures...................................................................................................................xv Chapter 1 : Introduction ..................................................................................................1 1.1 Overview of RF filter Technologies ........................................................................2 1.2 Role of RF Filters.....................................................................................................3 1.3 Advantages of RF Filter Integration ........................................................................4 1.4 Organization of Dissertation....................................................................................6 Chapter 2 : Background on Filter Theory ......................................................................8 2.1 Filter Specifications .................................................................................................8 2.2 Common Filter Transfer Functions........................................................................10 2.2.1 Butterworth Filter ........................................................................................10 2.2.2 Chebyshev Filter..........................................................................................10 2.2.3 Elliptic (Cauer) Filter ..................................................................................12 2.2.4 Bessel Filter .................................................................................................13 2.3 Lowpass Prototype Design ....................................................................................14 2.4 Transformation of Lowpass Prototype...................................................................17