Circuit Design and Technological Limitations of Silicon RFICs
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Wireless products and communications systems have thrived on the increased utility enabled by semiconductor technologies, the demand for which is necessitating ever higher communication channel frequencies to obtain wider bandwidth and to alleviate interference. This places still greater demands on the technologies used to implement the wireless systems; however, for a given application, the market determines the acceptable end product price based on convenience, functionality, and a comparison with substitutes, effectively setting a bound on the technologies that can be used. The limitations of these technologies in part determine the achievable performance, which then in turn may confine the very convenience and functionality being sought through the wireless system.
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