• DocumentCode
    1674387
  • Title

    A WLAN direct up-conversion mixer with automatic image rejection calibration

  • Author

    Craninckx, Jan ; Debaillie, Björn ; Côme, Boris ; Donnay, Stéphane

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC, Belgium
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    546
  • Abstract
    A direct upconverter for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN is presented that includes circuitry for automatic output spectrum calibration. For calibration, the RF signal is down-converted by reusing the up-conversion mixers, making the up- and down-conversion errors correlated. The transmit errors are determined based on only low-frequency measurements. The realized mixer achieves >40 dB image rejection.
  • Keywords
    MMIC mixers; calibration; circuit feedback; correlation methods; wireless LAN; 5 to 6 GHz; WLAN; automatic image rejection calibration; automatic output spectrum calibration; calibration feedback circuitry; direct up-conversion mixer; direct upconverter; transmit error determination; up/down-conversion error correlation; Baseband; Calibration; Circuits; Filters; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Transceivers; Wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8904-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1494111
  • Filename
    1494111