Wireless Transceiver Architecture

Wireless Transceiver Architecture

by Pierre Baudin
Released December 2014
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781118874820

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Book description

A fully comprehensive reference combining digital communications and RFIC (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits) in one complete volume

There are many books which focus on the physical implementation of the RF/analog part of transceivers, such as the CMOS design, or the signal processing involved in digital communications. However, there is
little material dedicated to transceiver architecture and system design. Similarly, much of the existing literature looks at concepts useful for dimensioning, yet offers little practical information on how to proceed for dimensioning a line-up from scratch, and on the reasons for proceeding that way. This book redresses the balance by explaining the architecture of transceivers and their dimensioning from the perspective of a RFIC architect from within industry. It bridges the gap between digital communication systems and radiofrequency integrated circuit design, covering wireless transceiver architecture and system design from both system level and circuit designer aspects.

• Covers digital communication theory, electromagnetism theory and wireless networks organization, from theories to implementation, for deriving the minimum set of constraints to be fulfilled by transceivers

• Details the limitations in the physical implementation of transceivers to be considered for their dimensioning, in terms of noise, nonlinearity, and RF impairments

• Presents transceiver architecture and system design in terms of transceivers budgets, transceivers architectures, and algorithms for transceivers

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. Nomenclature
  4. Part I: Between Maxwell and Shannon
    1. Chapter 1: The Digital Communications Point of View
      1. 1.1 Bandpass Signal Representation
      2. 1.2 Bandpass Noise Representation
      3. 1.3 Digital Modulation Examples
      4. 1.4 First Transceiver Architecture
      5. Notes
    2. Chapter 2: The Electromagnetism Point of View
      1. 2.1 Free Space Radiation
      2. 2.2 Guided Propagation
      3. 2.3 The Propagation Channel
      4. Notes
    3. Chapter 3: The Wireless Standards Point of View
      1. 3.1 Medium Access Strategies
      2. 3.2 Metrics for Transmitters
      3. 3.3 Metrics for Receivers
      4. Notes
  5. Part II: Implementation Limitations
    1. Chapter 4: Noise
      1. 4.1 Analog Electronic Noise
      2. 4.2 Characterization of Noisy Devices
      3. 4.3 LO Phase Noise
      4. 4.4 Linear Error Vector Magnitude
      5. 4.5 Quantization Noise
      6. 4.6 Conversion Between Analog and Digital Worlds
      7. Notes
    2. Chapter 5: Nonlinearity
      1. 5.1 Smooth AM-AM Conversion
      2. 5.2 Hard AM-AM Conversion
      3. 5.3 AM-PM Conversion and the Memory Effect
      4. 5.4 Baseband Devices
      5. Notes
    3. Chapter 6: RF Impairments
      1. 6.1 Frequency Conversion
      2. 6.2 Gain and Phase Imbalance
      3. 6.3 Mixer Implementation
      4. 6.4 Frequency Planning
      5. 6.5 DC Offset and LO Leakage
      6. Notes
  6. Part III: Transceiver Dimensioning
    1. Chapter 7: Transceiver Budgets
      1. 7.1 Architecture of a Simple Transceiver
      2. 7.2 Budgeting a Transmitter
      3. 7.3 Budgeting a Receiver
      4. Notes
    2. Chapter 8: Transceiver Architectures
      1. 8.1 Transmitters
      2. 8.2 Receivers
    3. Chapter 9: Algorithms for Transceivers
      1. 9.1 Transmit Side
      2. 9.2 Receive Side
  7. Appendices
    1. Appendix 1: Correlation
      1. A1.1 Bandpass Signals Correlations
      2. A1.2 Properties of Cross-Correlation Functions
      3. A1.3 Properties of Autocorrelation Functions
    2. Appendix 2: Stationarity
      1. A2.1 Stationary Bandpass Signals
      2. A2.2 Stationary Complex Envelopes
      3. A2.3 Gaussian Case
      4. Note
    3. Appendix 3: Moments of Normal Random Vectors
      1. A3.1 Real Normal Random Vectors
      2. A3.2 Complex Normal Random Vectors
  8. References
  9. Index
  10. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Wireless Transceiver Architecture
  • Author(s): Pierre Baudin
  • Release date: December 2014
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781118874820