A low-power integrated tuner for cable telephony applications

Author

Ling, Curtis ; Montemayor, Raymond ; Cicalini, Alberto ; Wang, Kevin ; Jansson, Lars ; Mucke, Lars ; Trihka, Pushp ; Kishore, Seendripu V.

Author_Institution

Silicon Wave Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

12

fYear

2002

fDate

12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1757

Lastpage

1767

Abstract

This paper describes an integrated tuner for cable telephony in a 0.35 μm, 27 GHz SOI BiCMOS technology. The IC integrates a complete dual-conversion signal path including upconverter, downconverter, variable-gain amplifier, LO synthesizers with fully integrated voltage-controlled oscillators, gain control circuitry, as well as digital calibration and interface circuits. It accepts signals in the 200-880 MHz band and produces a 44 MHz IF. Drawing 168 mA from a 3 V supply, the tuner system has a worst case noise factor of 7.3 dB, system phase noise below -78 dBc/Hz at a 10 kHz offset, spurs below -42 dBc for 137 5 dBmV input channels, a gain of 60 dB, and gain control range of 68 dB. The 13 mm² IC meets specifications across an outdoor temperature range of -40°C to 100°C in production lots.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; calibration; circuit tuning; coaxial cables; gain control; low-power electronics; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; silicon-on-insulator; telephone equipment; telephone networks; -40 to 100 degC; 0.35 micron; 168 mA; 200 to 880 MHz; 27 GHz; 3 V; 44 MHz; 60 dB; 7.3 dB; LO synthesizers; SOI BiCMOS technology; VCO calibration; cable telephony; coaxial networks; digital calibration; downconverter; dual-conversion signal path; gain control circuitry; integrated VCO; interface circuits; low power integrated tuner; system phase noise; upconverter; variable gain amplifier; voltage controlled oscillators; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Communication cables; Digital integrated circuits; Gain control; Integrated circuit synthesis; Integrated circuit technology; Phase noise; Synthesizers; Telephony; Tuners;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2002.804335

Filename

1088105