FM radio receiver front-end circuitry with on-chip SAW filters

Author

van Zeijl, P.T.M. ; Visser, J.H. ; Nanver, L.K.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Fac., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

35

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

512

Lastpage

519

Abstract

The authors present the results of a feasibility study of the monolithic integration of an FM upconversion receiver. The on-chip selectivity is obtained with silicon-integrated surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters using a ZnO-SiO₂-Si layered structure. The modeling of SAW devices for optimum signal transfer, essentially from the usual power matching approach, is presented. Using the equivalent circuit model, it is concluded that the SAW filter should be driven by a balanced voltage and loaded with a differential short circuit. The integration of SAW filters and electronic circuitry is realized in the 3-GHz BiFET process. Measurements on silicon-integrated SAW devices and electronic circuitry are presented

Keywords

frequency modulation; monolithic integrated circuits; passive filters; radio receivers; surface acoustic wave filters; 3 GHz; BiFET process; FM radio receiver front end; FM upconversion receiver; SHF; Si; ZnO-SiO₂-Si; balanced voltage; differential short circuit; electronic circuitry; equivalent circuit model; monolithic integration; on-chip SAW filters; on-chip selectivity; passive filters; power matching; signal transfer; Acoustic waves; Active filters; Band pass filters; Dynamic range; Frequency; Monolithic integrated circuits; Receivers; SAW filters; Surface acoustic waves; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.44311

Filename

44311