2003 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS

2003 VLSI Circuits Short Course Program


"Low Power Wireless Design"

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 (Suzaku)


Organizers/Chairs:

Hisayasu Sato, Mitsubishi Electric
Travis Blalock, Univ. of Virginia


8:40

Introduction
8:50 Tutorial 1 (Basic): RF Circuit Design
Akira Matsuzawa, Matsushita Electric
10:00 Break
10:10 Tutorial 2 (Advanced): Wireless Building Blocks
Tom Lee, Stanford Univ.
11:25 Case Study 1: Circuit and System Design Methodology for GSM Transceiver
Satoshi Tanaka, Hitachi
12:15 Lunch
13:30 Case Study 2: Challenges in the Design of a CMOS RF Transceiver for IEEE802.11a WLAN
David Su, Atheros
14:20 Case Study 3: Architectural Decisions and Implementation Experience in the Design of a CMOS 802.11a OFDM Baseband Processor
Phil Ryan, Cisco
15:10 Break
15:25 Hot Topics (UWB)
Ryuji Kohno, Yokohama National Univ.
16:15 Perspective for Low-Voltage CMOS RF Design
Tsuneo Tsukahara, NTT
17:05 Conclusion


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