Talk by Todd Brooks from Broadcom

Todd Brooks, Director of the group "Analog and RF Microelectronics" in Broadcom, Irvine, CA, and responsible of the analog and RF microelectronics design group in Broadcom, Barcelona will give a 45min talk in the Dept. of Electronic Engineering at UPC.

This talk will cover Broadcom’s unique capability to develop advanced highly-integrated system-on-chip (SOC) products from the top down, beginning with a brief overview of the company, product portfolio, and manufacturing strategy. An example of a large SOC will be discussed to provide insight into the large variety and number of analog/mixed-signal and RF cores required in a typical Broadcom chip. Technology scaling and integration challenges will also be highlighted. The second half of the talk will delve into Broadcom’s audio technology with an example of a low-power 10mW stereo audio codec in a typical Bluetooth headset chip. Specific transistor-level audio circuit topologies will be described, including programmable-gain microphone preamplifiers, continuous-time ΣΔADCs, audio DACs, and speaker drivers.