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IEICE Transactions on Electronics 2008 E91-C(6):817-828; doi:10.1093/ietele/e91-c.6.817
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Copyright © 2008 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Special Section on Analog Circuits and Related SoC Integration Technologies - Papers

Holistic Design in mm-Wave Silicon ICs

Ali HAJIMIRI1

1 The author is with California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. E-mail: hajimiri{at}caltech.edu


  Abstract

Millimeter-waves integrated circuits offer a unique opportunity for a holistic design approach encompassing RF, analog, and digital, as well as radiation and electromagnetics. The ability to deal with the complete system covering a broad range from the digital circuitry to on-chip antennas and everything in between offers unparalleled opportunities for completely new architectures and topologies, which were previously impossible due the traditional partitioning of various blocks in conventional design. This can open a plethora of new architectural and system level innovation within the integrated circuit platform. This paper reviews some of the challenges and opportunities for mm-wave ICs and presents several solutions to them.

Key Words: mm-wave, silicon integration, on-chip antenna, phased array

Manuscript received January 22, 2008.


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