Puppet1
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cmos rf ic future
Many companies doing RF CMOS have failed recently, espcially in Wireless LAN.
Companies like Broadcom, Atheros, Marvell and TI say they have RF IC's in CMOS but where is the proof? Where are the products?
IS RF CMOS just an academic thing? Is their a future in RF IC Design in CMOS in industry or just wishful thinking? Noise is too high, power consumption is too high, mask costs for 0.13um and 90nm RFCMOS are way too high compared to 0.18um RFCMOS so cost vs. bipolar is not an issue any more.
What is the future? Comments and Discussion welcome.
Many companies doing RF CMOS have failed recently, espcially in Wireless LAN.
Companies like Broadcom, Atheros, Marvell and TI say they have RF IC's in CMOS but where is the proof? Where are the products?
IS RF CMOS just an academic thing? Is their a future in RF IC Design in CMOS in industry or just wishful thinking? Noise is too high, power consumption is too high, mask costs for 0.13um and 90nm RFCMOS are way too high compared to 0.18um RFCMOS so cost vs. bipolar is not an issue any more.
What is the future? Comments and Discussion welcome.