Design Methodology for RF CMOS Phase Locked Loops

Carlos Quemada, Guillermo Bistué and Iñigo Adin

Blast through phase-locked loop challenges fast with this practical book guiding you every step of the way from specs definition to layout generation. You get a proven PLL design and optimization methodology that lets you systematically assess design alternatives, predict PLL behavior, and develop complete PLLs for CMOS applications that meet performance requirements no matter what IC challenges you come up against. After a review of PLL essentials, this comprehensive workbench guide takes you step-by-step through operation principles, design procedures, phase noise analysis, layout considerations and CMOS realizations for each PLL building block.

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Artech House • 685 Canton St. • Norwood, MA 02062 • (781) 769-9750 ext. 4030; or 16 Sussex St. • London SW1V 4RW, UK • +44 (0) 207 596 8750
238 pages; $117, £63 • ISBN: 978-1-59693-383-5

Understanding Fabless IC Technology

Jeorge S. Hurtarte, Evert A. Wolsheimer and Lise M. Tafoya

Fabless IC techniques are growing rapidly and promise to become the standard method of IC manufacturing in the near future. This book will provide readers with what will be important knowledge on the subject. Other books on IC fabrication deal with the strictly physical process aspects of the topic and assume all factors in IC fabrication are under the control of the IC designing company. By contrast, this title recognizes that fabless IC design is often as much about managing business relationships as it is about physical processes.

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Elsevier • 11830 Westline Industrial Drive • St. Louis, MO 63146 • (800) 545-2522
296 pages; $73.95 • ISBN: 978-0-7506-7944-2

A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK)

G. Giannattasio, J. Erfanian, P. Wills, H. Nguyen, T. Croda, K. Rauscher, X. Fernando, N. Pavlidou and K.D. Wong

Responding to requests from industry for a program to ensure consistency and excellence among wireless technical professionals, the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) created its Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) Certification. ComSoc is holding the WCET testing twice a year at locations worldwide. The WEBOK is organized according to the areas of expertise in the WCET Delineation, namely RF Engineering; Propagation & Antennas; Wireless Access Technologies; Network & Service Architecture; Network Management & Security; Facilities Infrastructure; Agreements, Standards, Policies & Regulations; and Fundamental Knowledge. Included in the WEBOK is a list of additional publications and documents that candidates should review to become completely prepared for the WCET exam.

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John Wiley & Sons Inc. • 111 River Street • Hoboken, NJ 07030 • (201) 748-6395
250 pages; $69.95 • ISBN: 978-0-470-43366-9