1. Summarizes cutting-edge physical layer technologies for multi-mode wireless RF transceivers.

　　 2. Includes original contributions from distinguished researchers and professionals.

　　 3. Covers cutting-edge physical layer technologies for multi-mode wireless RF transceivers.

　　4. Contributors are all leading researchers and professionals in this field.

Contributors.
Preface.

I TRANSCEIVER CONCEPTS AND DESIGN.
Ch1: Software-Defined Radio Front Ends (Jan Craninckx).
Ch2: Software-Defined Transceivers (Gio Cafaro and Bob Stengel).
Ch3: Adaptive Multi-Mode RF Front-End Circuits (Aleksandar Tasic).
Ch4: Precise Delay Alignment Between Amplitude and Phase/Frequency Modulation Paths in a Digital Polar Transmitter (KhurramWaheed and Robert Bogdan Staszewski).
Ch5: Overview of Front-End RF Passive Integration into SoCs (Hooman Darabi).
Ch6: ADCs and DACs for Software-Defined Radio (Michiel Steyaert, Pieter Palmers, and Koen Cornelissens).

II RECEIVER DESIGN.
Ch7: OFDM Transform-Domain Receivers for Multi-Standard
Ch8: Discrete-Time Processing of RF Signals (RenaldiWinoto and Borivoje Nikolic).
Ch9: Oversampled ADC Using VCO-Based Quantizers (MatthewZ. Straayer and MichaelH.Perrott).
Ch10: Reduced External Hardware and Reconfigurable RF Receiver Front Ends for Wireless Mobile Terminals (Naveen K. Yanduru).
Ch11: Digitally Enhanced Alternate Path Linearization of RF Receivers (Edward A.Keehr and AliHajimiri).

III TRANSMITTER TECHNIQUES.
Ch12: Linearity and Efficiency Strategies for Next-Generation Wireless Communications (Lawrence Larson,Peter Asbeck, and Donald Kimball).
Ch13: CMOS RF Power Amplifiers for Mobile Communications (Patrick Reynaert).
Ch14: Digitally Assisted RF Architectures: Two Illustrative Designs (Joel L. Dawson).

IV DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR RF TRANSCEIVERS.
Ch15: RF Impairment Compensation for Future Radio Systems (Mikko Valkama).
Ch16: Techniques for the Analysis of Digital Bang-Bang PLLs (Nicola DaDalt).
Ch17: Low-Power Spectrum Processors for Cognitive Radios (Joy Laskar andKyutae Lim).

Index.