Hot Topic of Analog IC research?

[chen_fuzen]

Behavior sythesis for anglog circuits??

 

[estradasphere]

Since SOC is very important nowadays, I think the implemantation of Active Inductor is a good topic for new project or discussion! Previously, I'm now doing Active L with LNA, and a lot of design motivations are exist and it's quite good! Try to ignore using passive inductor such as spiral or bonding wire as they have smaller&fixed L and Q values!

PM me if anyone would like to know more on my project! A post of discussion is also accpetable!

hi guamak_menanak,

active inductors are well-known for their high Q factors but what about the noise peformance of the overall circuit?

 

[hackjiang]

RF Circuits have a promising future.

 

[zenjay]

low power , high resolution A/D.

 

[jamesko]

I think power management unit (PMU) has a promising future. Maybe one day there will be only two bolcks "CPU" & "PMU" in all systems, all other stuffs are inside these two main blocks.

 

[hanm]

RFIC,ADC and Power IC are hot enough now.In the future,maybe biomedical is the trade.God knows.

 

[wpchan05]

power amplifier is also very important; most of PAs are HBT (CMOS is in active research), and their efficiency cannot be attained higher than 40% at the moment. This is the only one component that still cannot be integrated within a single transceiver module.

 

[jinsin]

Someone can tell the relevant articles materials or website of digital power management??

Thanks in advance
Best regards,jinsin

 

[vbhupendra]

How about PLL Design ???

 

[tarun_taurus]

i think low power is the hottest topic as batterty life is limited and tech. advancement is not so fast in it.
well if u count mixed signal also into analog then it surely is a hot cake!

 

[paladinzlp]

how about filter ,PLL and RF circuit design?

 

[gharuda]

FIR filters,PLL.

 

[haoyun]

Low Power

 

[cy5675]

i think low voltage low power circuit for portable application and RF

 

[fanrong]

low voltage ,low power , below than µm analog design

 

[waxtomato]

Some areas are alway hot:

A/D
PLL
RF
LV Bandgap
LVDS
Memory circuit

 

[mydreamhouse]

most replys are the component of RF,not the research hot point,
who has some constructive suggestion

 

[jswei303]

High speed ADC
High speed serial link

 

[spadecrank]

High-Speed Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits
Broadband Wireless Transceivers

 

[sankudey]

along with designs (A&M, RF like A/D, PLL etc) may be improvements and research on tools to make it automated....may be at design or layout level...
sankudey