What is the difference between RF and RFIC ?

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RFIC!!!

RF is radio frequency! But is IC intergrated circuit??? what difference are RF and RFIC ???
 

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As you said RF=Radio Frequencyand and IC=integrated Circuits.
RFIC is a RF circuit, integrated in silicon chip (integrated inductances, RF transformers...)
There are still a lot of RF circuits that can't be integrated due to the performances that must be achieved:
- in an RFIC the "parasitics" play an important role and sometimes stand in the way.
- because the RFIC in integrated on a chip it can't disipate much thermal power, thus you can't integrate high power RF circuits.
 
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