Title :
CMOS dual-band variable-gain amplifier for 3G-WCDMA and WLAN dual-mode RF receivers
Author :
Chang, S.-F. ; Chen, W.-L. ; Hsu, C.-H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan
Abstract :
A dual-band variable-gain amplifier (DBVGA) is presented for integrated 2.2 GHz 3G-WCDMA and 5.2 GHz WLAN transceivers. DBVGA employs a DC-and-RF current steering technique for gain control, which can minimise variations of the noise, 1 dB gain compression point, and input/output impedance when the gain is tuned. The appropriate frequency operation band of DBVGA is jointly controlled by the switched-resonator load and the input stage gate bias, resulting in high cross-band isolation and out-of-band interference rejection. All circuits except the input stages are reused for both bands to have high component reuse. A fully-integrated 0.18 mum CMOS DBVGA has been implemented to verify the proposed design
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; UHF amplifiers; code division multiple access; gain control; radio receivers; transceivers; wireless LAN; 0.18 micron; 2.2 GHz; 3G WCDMA; 5.2 GHz; CMOS; WLAN; current steering technique; dual-band variable-gain amplifier; dual-mode RF receivers; gain control; switched resonator load; transceivers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20072695