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7.2 Future Works
In this dissertation, a wideband LNA is adopted and demonstrated in a tuner compliant with the DVB-T/H standard. Compared to narrow-band LNAs used in previous work [16], [17], [18], [31], [64], wideband LNAs achieve better performance and reliability. However, wideband receptions possibly suffer from the problem of GSM interference much more. To provide a more competitive solution, a GSM-rejecting notch function could be incorporated into the proposed LNA topology.
As can be found in the chip micrographs, the analog baseband occupies a significant part of the total die area. To minimize the area and power consumption of the RF tuner, more system budgeting can be left for the digital part in 65nm CMOS.
Significant reduction in area/power can be achieved by removing most of the analog baseband function, while replaced with high performance ADC and digital filters [77]
[78], [79], [80]. To meet the market requirements, more integration of system blocks
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and functionality is a trend. To achieve multi-standard operation and to cover most popular mobile TV bands, the VHF III band (174–240 MHz) should be added. This new chain can be realized by duplicating the UHF-band RF front-end, but still need to extend the channel bandwidths from 0.3 to 8MHz in the baseband filters [31], [64].
With the transition from analog to digital TV, much more TV spectrum is released. More and more wireless standards target at TV-band operations, such as 802.11af, 4G LTE/WiMAX [81], 802.22 cognitive radio [82], etc. The proposed techniques could be generalized to the implementation of these new standards.
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Vita
Ming-Ching Kuo received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and the M.S. degree in electronics engineering from National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan in 1998 and 2000, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering at National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
In 2001, he joined SoC Technology Center (STC), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Hsinchu, Taiwan. Since 2010, he is with Information & Communications Research Laboratories (ICL), ITRI. His research interests are in the area of wireless communication integrated circuits.
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Publication List
Journal Papers：
[1] Ming-Ching Kuo, Yi-Shing Shih, and Chien-Nan Kuo, "Reconfigurable Low-Noise Amplifier Operating as either Differential or Single-ended,"
International Journal of Electrical Engineering (IJEE) , vol. 17, no. 2, pp.
145-154, Apr. 2010.
[2] Ming-Ching Kuo, Chien-Nan Kuo, and Tzu-Chan Chueh, "Wideband LNA compatible for differential and single-ended inputs," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters (MWCL), vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 482-484, Jul. 2009.
[3] Ming-Ching Kuo, Shiau-Wen Kao, Chih-Hung Chen, Tsung-Shuen Hung, Yi-Shing Shih, Tzu-Yi Yang, and Chien-Nan Kuo, "A 1.2 V 114 mW Dual-Band Direct-Conversion DVB-H Tuner in 0.13-μm CMOS", IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 740-750, Mar. 2009
[4] Chun-Lin Ko, Ming-Ching Kuo, Chien-Nan Kuo, “A CMOS Dual-Mode RF Front-End Receiver for GSM and WCDMA Applications,” IEICE TRANS.
ELECTRON., vol. E88-C, no. 6, June 2005.
International Conference Papers：
[1] Shih-Hao Tarng, Jia-Hung Peng, Tzu-Chan Chueh, and Ming-Ching Kuo, "An Automatic Frequency Calibration Technique for Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizers," in European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Sevilla, Spain, Sept 14-16, 2010, pp. 154-157.
[2] Chien-Chun Lu and Ming-Ching Kuo, "A Wide Input Range Boost Switching Converter with Hybrid Digital and Analog PWM Control," in ACM/IEEE
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International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), Austin, TX, USA, Aug 18-20, 2010, pp. 99-104.
[3] Yi-Shing Shih and Ming-Ching Kuo, "A 65nm CMOS Dual-Band RF Receiver Front-End for DVB-H," in IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation, and Test (VLSI- DAT), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Apr 26-29. 2010, pp. 83-86.
[4] Ming-Ching Kuo, Yi-Bin Lee, Shiau-Wen Kao, Chih-Hung Chen, Chun-Lin Ko, Tzu-Yi Yang, “A single-chip dual-band 0.25-μm CMOS transceiver for 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN,” in IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov 1-3, 2005, pp. 261-264.
[5] Shiau-Wen Kao, Ming-Ching Kuo, Chao-Shiun Wang, Yi-Bin Lee, Chih-Hung Chen, Peng-Un Su, Tzu-Yi Yang, “A low-power dual-band WLAN CMOS receiver,” in IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov 1-3, 2005, pp. 397-400.
[6] Yi-Bin Lee, Chun-Lin Ko, Ming-Ching Kuo, Peng-Un Su, Tzu-Yi Yang, “A dual-band transmitter for IEEE 802.11a/b/g WLAN,” in IEEE VLSI-TSA International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation, and Test (VLSI-TSA-DAT) , Hsinchu, Taiwan, Apr 27-29. 2005, pp. 92-95.
[7] Chun-Lin Ko, Ming-Ching Kuo, Chun-Ming Hsu, Chien-Nan Kuo, “A CMOS dual-mode RF front-end receiver for GSM and WCDMA,” in Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, Aug 4-5. 2004, pp. 374-377.
[8] Ming-Ching Kuo, Chun-Ming Hsu, Chun-Lin Ko, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Yi-Bin Lee,
"A CMOS WLAN/GPRS Dual-mode RF Front-end Receiver," in IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Fort Worth, TX, USA, June 6-8, 2004, pp. 153-156.
[9] Horng-Yuan Shih, Peng-Un Su, Yen-Horng Chen, Tz-Heng Fu, Jen-Lung Liu Kai-Cheung Juang, Ming-Ching Kuo and June-Ming Hsu, "A Highly-Integrated Inductor-Less SiGe W-CDMA Transmitter," in IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Fort Worth, TX, USA, June 6-8, 2004, pp. 439-442.
[10] June-Ming Hsu, Yung-Hui Chen, Shin-Fu Chen, Ming-Ching Kuo, Peng-Un Su,
"A SiGe WCDMA/DCS dual-band RF front-end receiver," in IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, June 8-10, 2003, pp. 27-30.
Issued Patents：
[1] Ming-Ching Kuo, Shiau-Wen Kao, and Chih-Hung Chen, "Low-Noise Amplifier," US Patent No: 7671686, Mar 2, 2010.
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[2] Ming-Ching Kuo, Pei-Ling Tsai, and Chih-Hung Chen, "Transconuctor," US Patent No: 7642816, Jan 5, 2010.
[3] Ming-Ching Kuo, Shiau-Wen Kao, and Chih-Hung Chen, "Variable Gain Amplifier Including Series-Coupled Cascode Amplifiers," US Patent No:
7701289, Apr 20, 2010.
[4] Chih-Hung Chen, Ming-Ching Kuo, and Shiau-Wen Kao, "Frequency Synthesizer," US Patent No. US 7733136. Jun 08, 2010.
[5] Shiau-Wen Kao, Ming-Ching Kuo, and Chih-Hung Chen, "Circuit and Method for Dynamic Current Compensation," US Patent No. US 7741911. Jun 22, 2010.
[6] Peng-Un Su, Horng-Yuan Shih, and Ming-Ching Kuo, "Device for Voltage-Noise Rejection and Fast Start-up," US Patent No. US 7756266. Jul 13, 2010.
[7] June-Ming Hsu, Ming-Ching Kuo, Shin-Fu Chen, and Tz-Heng Fu, "Multi-band Low-Noise Amplifier," US Patent No. US 6882223, Apr. 19, 2005.
[8] Ming-Ching Kuo, Shiau-Wen Kao, and Chih-Hung Chen, "Low-Noise Amplifier Circuit Including Band-Stop Filter," US Patent 暫准. Jul 15, 2010.
[9] 許峻銘,郭明清,陳新福,傅子恆, "多頻帶低雜訊放大器," 中華民國發明專 利,Dec. 03, 2004. (專利證號 # I224418)。
[10] 蘇秉恩,施鴻源,郭明清, "具電壓雜訊壓抑與快速啟動的裝置," 中華民國發明 專利,Dec. 18, 2008. (專利證號 # I304289)。
[11] 郭 明 清 , 高 小 文 , 陳 志 宏 , " 低 雜 訊 放 大 器 電 路 ," 中 華 民 國 發 明 專 利,Jul.21,2010.( 專利證號 # I327819)。
Pending Patents：
[1] Ming-Ching Kuo, Chien-Nan Kuo, and Shiau-Wen Kao, "Low Noise Amplifier",
[1] Ming-Ching Kuo, Chien-Nan Kuo, and Shiau-Wen Kao, "Low Noise Amplifier",