Wireless LAN Radios: System Definition to Transistor Design

A high–level overview of radio design for wireless LAN systems
The Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), in both the technical and business worlds, is one of the few rising stars in the semiconductor industry. It is attracting a growing number of engineers and companies with its fairly high reliability, low cost, and high throughputs. As this trend continues, it is becoming increasingly important for both LAN system designers and circuit designers to have a solid grasp of WLAN applications to design the next generation of radios.
Wireless LAN Radios presents a sophisticated overview of the subject, covering the necessary theory while emphasizing the practical aspects of this promising technology. Coverage includes:
802.11 flavors and system requirements
Receiver and transmitter radio architectures
Analog impairments and issues
Key radio building blocks
Calibration techniques
Case studies
A brief discussion of 802.11n
Wireless LAN Radios also presents a detailed explanation of analog, digital, and mixed–mode calibration techniques for improving system performance and chip yield, while the impact of radio architecture on die size, system cost, and power consumption is also thoroughly evaluated. Complete with several case studies that explore the morass of trade–offs faced in industry, this books offers a meaningful presentation of real–world issues facing designers, engineers, theorists, and researchers working in this industry. The book is also an excellent text for graduate students in the general area of wireless LAN design.

Nota biograficzna:

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 wir eless LAN radio design are both derived from his popular course on this topic at the IEEE ISSCC.

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A high–level overview of radio design for wireless LAN systems
The Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), in both the technical and business worlds, is one of the few rising stars in the semiconductor industry. It is attracting a growing number of engineers and companies with its fairly high reliability, low cost, and high throughputs. As this trend continues, it is becoming increasingly important for both LAN system designers and circuit designers to have a solid grasp of WLAN applications to design the next generation of radios.
Wireless LAN Radios presents a sophisticated overview of the subject, covering the necessary theory while emphasizing the practical aspects of this promising technology. Coverage includes:
802.11 flavors and system requirements
Receiver and transmitter radio architectures
Analog impairments and issues
Key radio building blocks
Calibration techniques
Case studies
A brief discussion of 802.11n
Wireless LAN Radios also presents a detailed explanation of analog, digital, and mixed–mode calibration techniques for improving system performance and chip yield, while the impact of radio architecture on die size, system cost, and power consumption is also thoroughly evaluated. Complete with several case studies that explore the morass of trade–offs faced in industry, this books offers a meaningful presentation of real–world issues facing designers, engineers, theorists, and researchers working in this industry. The book is also an excellent text for graduate students in the general area of wireless LAN design.