Wireless LAN Radios: System Definition to Transistor Design

Arya Behzad

Wiley, 2008 - Technology & Engineering - 241 pages

As one of the few rising stars of the semiconductor industry, WLAN design is engaging more and more engineers and companies. Essential to the overall system design, is the radio design. In Wireless LAN Radios Arya Behzad covers the necessary theory while emphasizing the practical aspects of this promising technology. This book introduces the nuances of the 802.11 WLAN PHY standards (A/B/G) and describes their specifications and impact on radio design. The possible choices for the radio architecture (direct-conversion, low-IF, super heterodyne) are examined and their impact on the transistor-level design is explained. Coverage includes the effect of certain analog/RF impairments on the overall system performance and a discussion of the choice of process technology on the radio architecture.

About the author

Arya Behzad is currently a Broadcom Distinguished Engineer, where he is the Director of Engineering working on radios for current and future generation wireless products and Product Line Manager for all wireless LAN radio products. This book and his IEEE Expert Now course on wireless LAN radio design are both derived from his popular course on this topic at the IEEE ISSCC.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Wireless LAN Radios: System Definition to Transistor Design; Volume 11 of IEEE Press series on microelectronic systems; Volume 11 of IEEE Series on Digital & Mobile Communication; IEEE series on mobile & digital communication
• Author: Arya Behzad
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wiley, 2008
• ISBN: 0470209275, 9780470209271
• Length: 241 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Networking / Local Area Networks (LANs); Technology & Engineering / Electrical; Technology & Engineering / Radio