Preface

Part I: Fractional-N Synthesis

A. van Roermund

Practical Design Aspects in Franctional-N Frequency Synthesis Design and Simulation of Franctional-N Frequency Synthesizers

M. Perrott

Monolithic CMOS Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer Design for High Spectral Purity

B. De Muer, M. Steyaert

A 19mW 2.2GHz Fully Integrated CMOS Sigma Delta Fractional Synthesiser with 35Hz Frequency Step and Quantization Noise Compensation

I. Bietti, G. Albasini, E. Temporite, R. Castello

Implementation Aspects of Fractional-N Techniques in Cellular Handsets

Y. Le Guillou, D. Brunel

Fractional-N Phase Locked Loops and it's Application in the GSM System

G. Märzinger, B. Neurauter

Part II: Design for Robustness

M. Steyaert

ESD for Analogue Circuit Design

D. Clarke, A. Righter

ESD in Smart Power Processes

G. Croce, A. Andreini, L. Cerati, G. Meneghesso, L. Sponion

RF-ESD Co-Design for High Performance CMOS LNAs

P. Leroux, M. Steyaert

Improvement of System Robustness through EMC Optimazation

B. Deutschmann

Robustness in Analog Design

M. De Mey

Minimizing Undesired Coupling and Interaction in Mixed Signal ICs

T.J. Schmerbeck

Part III: Line and Bus Drivers J. Huijsing

Looking to/for Low Power ADSL Drivers in the DSLAM

E. Moons

Class-AB Low-Distortion Drivers for ADSL

T. Ferianz

Class D Self-Oscillating Line Drivers

T. Piessens, M. Steyaert

Class GIH Line Drivers for xDSL

J. Pierdomenico

The USB 2.0 Physical Layer: Standard and Implementation

G. den Besten

Backplane Transceivers

K. Tam, W. Ellersick, R. Soenneker