RFIC Applications 2007142136 Lee, Hyunsuk. RFIC Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit.

RFIC Applications

2007142136 Lee, Hyunsuk

RFICRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit

WHY?

Small Size

Low Cost

Mass Produc-tion

Applications

WCDMA

GPS

WLAN

Blue-tooth

InfineonHammerhead II GPS

InfineonSMARTi 3G

Broad-comBCM 4325

WCDMA RF Transceiver

• Transceiver =

Transmitter+Receiver

• Integrates

• PLL

• VCO

• Rx

• Tx

WCDMA RF Transceiver

• Power Amp

• Duplexer

WLAN / Bluetooth• Integrates• WLAN• Bluetooth• FM Tuner

• WLAN / Bluetooth• MAC/Baseband/RF

• WLAN / Bluetooth-2.4GHz

Sharing Antenna

GPS

• Integrates– RF Front-end– PLL– Baseband Processor

How about future?

60GHz WPAN

• UWB – 480Mbps• FULL HD – 2Gbps• 60GHz RF Technology– High-speed, Low-range– Good for security

• Problem– Low Power– Low Noise

Thank you!