This book discusses design techniques layout details and measurements of several key analog
building blocks that currently limit the performance of 5G and E-Band transceivers implemented
in deep-scaled CMOS. The authors present recent developments in low-noise quadrature VCOs and
tunable inductor-less frequency dividers. Moreover the design of low-loss broadband
transformer-based filters that realize inter-stage matching power division combining and
impedance transformation is discussed in great detail. The design and measurements of a
low-noise amplifier a downconverter and a highly-linear power amplifier that leverage the
proposed techniques are shown. All the prototypes were realized in advanced nanometer scaled
CMOS technologies without RF thick to metal option.
