or v 9 9 Y 3 3 9 9 3 . Sy 9 PS a 3 o » 10. iL Explain charge shaving in mig eer charge sharing? wi hich eateg Sh OLeROFieN of miners suffer a A direct-conversion transceive bands. If a single LO must ¢, dual-band transceiver. TIS designed fo: over both the 2.4GH, nd 5GHz wireless. ds, draw a possible a © LO path of a Consider the circuit shown in §; ure 2. If ye condition at which the noise is ay TN” is a noise plified indefinitely? : : —O— [ko]. y {}+-O: . N source, wh is the Figure 2. Circuit for Problem 6 What is the effect of the mismatch between the charge pump and the DAC current in a sigma-delta modulator? If the supply voltage of a circuit is 2V, compute the maximum number of bits if the allowed error is 50mV. What are the design challenges introduced by heterogeneity wireless multitier networks? What are core components in a multitier Bluetooth core system? PART B — (5 x 16 = 80 marks) (a) Draw equivalent circuit representation of a inductively loaded common source MOS stage. Derive an expression for RefZs] inthe presence of gate-drain overlap capacitance and ignoring gate-source eae the load capacitance is equal to 30ff the of gate-drain ne BP capacitance is equal to 10ff, transconductance 1§ 0.050" : che inductance is 5nH, low frequency resistance of wire is 200, find at frequency the real value of input impedance becomes 22r0- Or 44122(b) «12. (a) ) ° We, how does the input gh-gain mode to low-gain Consider circuit shown in figure 3. If Wa impedance of the circuit change from the hi mode. Neglect body effect. Figure 3. Circuit for problem 11(b) Qualitatively describe how a double balanced Gilbert mixer using three source couple pair works? Or Consider the circuit shown in figure 4. Suppose an IIP3 (third order output intercept point) of +35dBm is required for a mixer to work at low frequency and high frequency. Find the sizing of the transistor for low frequency design and high frequency design. Mo Figure 4: Circuit for problem 12(b) Given that the mixer needs to operate high frequency (fr = 1.9GHz) ee ee ve =! v. L ym, k! = 100uA/V2. Ca is assumed to 7 or with Cisw= 0, Cj = 26F/yam2, with its area ad gi ad=W x drain_height and drain_height is Gia. a 3 4412213, 15. (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) Design a circuit that can preg esent a. that varies with frequeney? Wh ; ? What inductor is conneeted t9 n° al input resistance tl Bative-resistance o; requency if a lossy Or A GSM receiver must wi ithsta away from the desired channel ny an in tolerable phase noise of the 40,1 4 eal mixing “ene local oscillator reciprocal mixing must remain 15 any ee i the corruption ee the spectrum shown in figure 5 for ip the desired signal, Consid . er broadened spectrum of the i > for the purpose, §, inverter n(f) denotes the ends of the desired channel, Figure 5: Figure for problem 13(b) Synthesizer of a dual-band transceiver must contain 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands with a channel spacing of 20MHz. In addition, the synthesizer must achieve acceptable phase noise and spur level. Determine the required synthesizer phase noise for an lla receiver such that reciprocal mixing is negligible. Consider a high sensitivity case with desired input at -82dBm+3dB and the adjacent and alternate channels at 16 dB and 32 dB. Or Discuss various A/D converters used in a receiver. i i eration What are major hardware design issues faced in a next gem CDMA system?. Or ted ad Discuss the requirement of multitier wireless syste!Rex. No CoE Paper Code : 64266 Question XAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015. M.E, DEGRE Elective VLSI Design VI, 7013 — VLSI FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION (Common to M.E. Applied Electronics, ME. Communication Systems and \d Networking) MLE. Communication ant (Regulation 2013) ‘Maximum : 100 marks ‘Time : Three hours 1 10. Answer ALL questions. PART A — (10 x 2= 20 marks) nductors available for standard IC List the different types of on-chip spiral i process. Define efficiency of a power amplifier. Give the conversion gain of a Gilbert mixer. Mention the Noise Figure in unbalanced switching mixer. List the types of phase detectors used in frequency synthesizers. What is a Ring oscillator? Define DNL and INL. Draw the general block diagram of LMS and RLS adaptive filters. Mention the different types of networks for multitier wireless system. Give the importance of DSCDMA.a. (a) (b) 12. (a) 13. (a) © +0) 4. (a) (b) 15. (a) (hy PART B65, 5 * 16 = 80 marks Explain in detail about the po 1 . bin response of the Wide Band Low Noine' outs Noise fi bi: 7 igure and freque: 6) se Amplifier Or Explain the process of providing imped ed Low Noise Amplifier. lance matehi atching for a Narr irrow Band Discuss the effects of low frequency and h 116) rn lation distorti igh fro inter modulation distortion in unbalanced emi yee tt22°8 iN finding the Witching mixer, (16) Or ; (i) With neat circuit diagrams grams qualitatively dese scribe the gilbert mixer (19) Derive an expression for third Harmonic Distortion of the Gi is le Gilbert co) mixer for low frequency case (6) Explain the working principle of a fre a Phase Locked Loop. quency synthesizer with the help of (16) Or Describe about the Delay cells and the tuning process of a Ring oscillator. (a6) Discuss about the various data converter architectures used in the communication systems. ae Or Explain the basic principle and the working of the various adaptive (16) filters used in the wireless communication systems. mmunication standards that are integrated Discuss about the various Co} to form a general multitier wireless system. (16) Or Nacariha tha nacoihle hardware design issues for the WCDMA. systems fa