Michael Frank R

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Michael FrankRD PathfinderWireless
Semiconductor Division

• The Hardest Problems in Wireless
• Tales of the Cell Phone

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Top Level Trends

• Physics Vs Economics
• Terrific price erosion
• Multiple technologies competing and coalescing
• Filters CMOS
• New frequencies and technologies
• UHF spectrum allocation?
• Spectrum Efficiencies
• Smart Antennas, ad-hoc Networks
• Multiple Radios and Functions on a single IC

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Multiple Radios and Functions on single chip

• Coupling and Isolation
• Substrate models
• Multiple regimes and frequencies in one
  simulation
• Optimum Technology
• Partition for performance or cost
• Flexibility Vs fixed design
• Standard setting for a specific technology
• Test and Performance
• Minimization algorithms
• Misbalance budgeting