PROJECT OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this project is to develop dramtically improved integrated circuits for application to the wireless communication systems of the 21st century. This will increase the range and lifetime of these systems, as well as lower their cost and enable a range of new internet-based wireless services.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The use of wireless telephone and data networks is becoming an increasingly common way for California citizens to connect to teach other. One of the major reasons that these wireless services are not more widely used is that they remain too expensive and inconvenient for many. The purpose of this project is to try to solve these problems by developing components for these wireless devices that can adapt themselves to the wireless environment they find themselves in. This will result in phones that have longer battery life, are less expensive, and have many more features. At the same time, many California companies produce these telephones and wireless systems for a worldwide market, and the results of this effort could provide them with a substantial advantage in a highly competitive marketplace.
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:
The implementation of next generation wireless systems is becoming increasingly constrained by the proliferation of multiple standards, new services, wider bandwidths, and higher dynamic range requirements. This proposal addresses these needs through the development of a holistic approach to transceiver development involving dynamic reconfigurability, active power management, and improved frequency synthesizer architectures, of the RF, analog, and digital portions of the receiver. The circuits will be implemented in a CMOS technology, with the ultimate goal of co-integration of the key portions of a multi-standard wireless transceiver.
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