EDN

A Designer’s Guide to CMOS RF Models

In recent years we have begun to see references to “RF” CMOS processes and to “RF” models for those processes. This article will explore what the real meanings of such “RF” designations are, and what ...
EDN

Academia, industry divided over RF CMOS

SAN FRANCISCO — The International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) renewed a running debate over the suitability of CMOS for radio frequency circuits in a heavily attended evening panel session ...
Business Wire

TowerJazz Releases Enhanced RF SOI CMOS and High Speed SiGe Process Design Kits for Use with Agilent Technologies’ Advanced Design System Software

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced the availability of enhanced RF SOI CMOS and high speed SiGe process design kits (PDKs) for its ...
Semiconductor Engineering

CMOS And SOI Invade RF Front End

The next-generation 4G wireless standard known as long-term evolution (LTE) presents some new and difficult design choices for OEMs. One of the more difficult choices involves the less glamorous, but ...
Semiconductor Engineering

RF SOI Wars Begin

Several foundries are expanding their fab capacities for RF SOI processes amid huge demand and shortages of this technology for smartphones. A number of foundries are increasing their 200mm RF SOI fab ...
Design-Reuse

Jazz Licenses Its RF Design Enablement Technology to Fujitsu Microelectronics, Providing Time-to-Market Advantage for 90nm and 65nm RF CMOS Customers

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., November 12, 2008 – Jazz Semiconductor, Inc., a Tower Group Company (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), and a leader in Analog-Intensive Mixed-Signal (AIMS) foundry solutions, ...
Design-Reuse

Atmel Announces 0.18um RF CMOS Foundry Process for Low Volume Applications

San Jose, California -- November 9, 2005-- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its 0.18 micron AT58900 RF CMOS process technology for ASIC foundry customers whose products require ...
Business Wire

LFoundry Announces Availability of Interoperable Process Design Kit (iPDK) for 0.15 µm High Performance Analog and RF CMOS Process for Keysight Technologies Advanced Design ...

LANDSHUT, Germany & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LFoundry today announced the availability of an OpenAccess (OA) based interoperable process design kit (iPDK) for high performance analog and RF design ...
JSTOR Daily

Beyond CMOS: heterogeneous integration of III–V devices, RF MEMS and other dissimilar materials/devices with Si CMOS to create intelligent microsystems

Advances in silicon technology continue to revolutionize micro-/nano-electronics. However, Si cannot do everything, and devices/components based on other materials systems are required. What is the ...
Digi Times

Black Sand announces 3G CMOS RF PA

Black Sand Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in advanced power amplifier (PA) technology for wireless applications, has announced that it has produced the world's first 3G ...
Electronic Design

CMOS Chip Will Enable Low-Cost RFID Reader/Writer Modules

Despite their popularity, RFID systems are not yet as widely adopted as they could be due to their high costs. Conventional reader modules cost a few thousand dollars, measure about 6 by 6 in., weigh ...