# RFICS Presentation Structure

## Organizational stuff

- Duration: 10 minutes slides + 15 minutes questions
- Bring own laptop or send slides

## Content

- Background and Introduction
  - Standard way of doing things ("Old technique")
  - Explanation of issue the ideas in the paper are aimed at
- Proposed Ideas
  - Discussion of semiconductor technology; Comparison with IHP technology (if
    sufficient details are provided)
  - Circuit schematics
  - Explanation of which topology is used and why
  - Is there anything unconventional about the design?
  - Explanation of measurement results in paper
- Simulation Results
  - Explanation of design steps (e.g., approach proposed in lecture: worry
    about bias in the end)
    - How transistors were chosen
    - Choice of operating point
    - Rest of schematic details
  - Simulation of circuit in paper (with explanation - I guess intuitive
    explanation of why things look the way they do?)
  - If the design in the paper is different to the standard approach:
    Comparison of pros and cons with standard topology, with simulations
- Discussion
  - Own observations and opinions about the ideas in the paper
  - (Bonus) Further simulations with ideas from the lecture
- Conclusion

## Things not to include

- Layout issues and optimization are out of scope, in case they exist in the
  paper

## TODO

- Compare technologies (B11HFC, SG13G2)
- What are the benefits of SiGe? (e.g., RF on same chip as digital stuff)
- How does the proposed topology work?
  - Why do transmission-line based differential L-type matching networks have a
    high bandwidth?
  - How can we just remove the bottom transistors?
- Intuitive explanations of paper simulation results
- Why do single-ended chip interfaces enable a dense chip-to-package
  transition?
- Stuff from background slide:
- Relevant theoretical background on mixers
  - What is special about zero-IF mixers?
  - ~What is special about broadband mixers/devices?~ Take a look ad broadband
    IC notes
  - What is special about down-conversion mixers?
  - What is special about BiCMOS technology?
  - ~What is D-Band?~
- Simulation

## Other notes

- LSSP: Normal S-Parameters are determined for linearized systems. For this
  reason, they are only tools of small-signal analysis. Large-Signal
  S-Parameters are defined similarly (ratios of power going in/out) but are
  computed considering non-linearities.
