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This book contains the contribution of 18 tutorials of the 18th workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design. Each part, presented by six experts in their field, discusses a specific topic on new design ideas in the area of analog circuit design.

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Analog Circuit Design contains the contribution of 18 tutorials of the 18 th workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design. Each part discusses a specific to-date topic on new and valuable design ideas in the area of analog circuit design. Each part is presented by six experts in that field and state of the art information is shared and overviewed. This book is number 18 in this successful series of Analog Circuit Design, providing valuable information and excellent overviews of: Smart Data Converters: Chaired by Prof. Arthur van Roermund, Eindhoven University of Technology, Filters on Chip: Chaired by Herman Casier, AMI Semiconductor Fellow, Multimode Transmitters: Chaired by Prof. M. Steyaert, Catholic University Leuven, Analog Circuit Design is an essential reference source for analog circuit designers and researchers wishing to keep abreast with the latest development in the field. The tutorial coverage also makes it suitable for use in an advanced design.

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Preface. Part I - Smart Data Converters; Arthur van Roermund, Eindhoven Univ. of Technology 1. LMS-based Digital Assisting for Data Converters; Bang-Sup Song, University of California, San Diego, USA 2. Pipelined ADC Digital Calibration Techniques and Tradeoffs; Imran Ahmed, University of Toronto, Canada 3. High-Resolution and Wide-Bandwidth CMOS Pipeline AD Converters; Hans Van de Vel, NXP, Eindhoven, Netherlands 4. A Signal Processing View on Smart Converters; Christian Vogel, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland 5. Smart and Flexible DA Converters, Classification and Design; Georgi Radulov, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands 6. Smart CMOS D/A-converters for Embedded Applications; Martin Clara, Infineon, Villach, Austria Part II - Filters on chip; Herman Casier 7. Synthesis of Low-Sensitivity Analog Filters; Lars Wanhammar, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 8. Continuous-Time Filters with On-Chip Tuning; Jose Silva-Martinez and Aydin Karsilayan, Texas A&M University, USA 9. Source-Follower-Based Continuous Time Analog Filters; Andrea Baschirotto, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy 10. Reconfigurable Active-RC Filters with High Linearity and Low Noise for Home Networking Applications; Jan Vandenbussche and Jan Crols, AnSem n.v. Heverlee, Belgium 11. On-chip instantaneously companding filters for wireless communications; Vaibhav Maheshwari and Wouter A. Serdijn, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 12. BAW-IC Co-Integration Tunable Filters at GHz frequencies; Andreia Cathelin, Stephane Razafimandimby and Andreas Kaiser, STMicroelectronics, Grenoble, France and IEMN-ISEN, Lille, France Part III - Multimode transmitters; Michiel Steyaert,Catholic University, Leuven 13. Multimode Transmitters - Easier with Strong Nonlinearity; Earl McCune, Panasonic, USA 14. Power Amplifiers for Base Stations Possibilities and Challenges; Bo Berglund, Ericsson, Sweden 15. Multi-mode Transmitters in CMOS; Manel Collados, Xin He, Jan van Sinderen and Raf Roovers, NXP, Netherlands 16. Challenges for Mobile Terminal CMOS Power Amplifiers; Patrick Reynaert, KULeuven, Belgium 17. Multimode Transmitters with SD-based All-Digital RF Signal Generation; Antoine Frappé, BWRC, USA 18. Switched Mode Transmitter Architectures; Henrik Sjöland, Lund University, Sweden

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