As one of the few rising stars of the semiconductor industry, WLAN
design is engaging more and more engineers and companies. Essential to
the overall system design, is the radio design. In Wireless LAN Radios
Arya Behzad covers the necessary theory while emphasizing the practical
aspects of this promising technology. This book introduces the nuances
of the 802.11 WLAN PHY standards (A/B/G) and describes their
specifications and impact on radio design. The possible choices for the
radio architecture (direct-conversion, low-IF, super heterodyne) are
examined and their impact on the transistor-level design is explained.
Coverage includes the effect of certain analog/RF impairments on the
overall system performance and a discussion of the choice of process
technology on the radio architecture.

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