The book reports modeling and simulation techniques for substrate noise coupling effects in RFICs and introduces isolation structures and design guides to mitigate such effects with the ultimate goal of enhancing the yield of RF and mixed signal SoCs. The book further reports silicon measurements, and new test and noise isolation structures. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first title devoted to the topic of substrate noise coupling in RFICs as part of a large SoC.

Substrate noise coupling in integrated circuits (ICs) is the process by which int- ference signals in the form of voltage and current glitches cause parasitic currents to ?ow in the silicon substrate to various parts of the IC. The source of such glitches and parasitic currents could be from the switching noise of high speed digital clocks on the same chip. In RF and mixed signal ICs the switching noise is coupled to sensitive analog and RF nodes in the IC causing degradation in performance that could severely impact the yield. Thus, overcoming substrate coupling is a key issue in successful...

The extended network spans of next generation long-reach passive optical networks (LR-PONs) result in extremely long propagation delays that severely degrade the performance of currently adopted upstream bandwidth-allocation algorithms. This is because these algorithms are based on bandwidth negotiation messages, frequently exchanged between the central office and distant network units, which become seriously delayed when the network is possibly extended to hundreds of kilometers. This book addresses this problem by proposing decentralized media access for these emerging networks, allowing...