13:00-17:00 WSP

"Integrated Broadband Tuners for Satellite and Terrestrial Applications"

Topics and Speakers:

• Silicon RFICs for Direct Broadcast Satellite Communications, W.Gao, Conexant Systems
  
  
• Multiband Multimode Mobile TV Tuner in CMOS, B. Kim, Analog Devices Inc.
  
  
• Frequency Synthesizer Architectures for Broadband Tuners: Ring Oscillator versus LC Oscillator and Low-IF versus Zero-IF Receivers, A.Maxim, Silicon Laboratories
  
  
• SiGe IC Design for Satellite Microwave Front-Ends, C. Vaucher, NXP Semiconductors

Organizers: B. Bakkaloglu, Arizona State University;
S. Kiaei, Arizona State University; Y. Deval, University of Bordeaux

Sponsor: RFIC

Integrated broadband tuners have several design challenges due to wide tuning range, linearity under several blocker channels, dynamic range and harmonic mixing of blocker channels. This workshop will focus on architectures and circuits for addressing several design challenges associated with integrated broadband tuners for terrestrial,cable and satellite applications.