An analog baseband chain for a UMTS zero-IF receiver in a 75 GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology

Author

Schelmbauer, W. ; Pretl, H. ; Maurer, L. ; Adler, B. ; Weigel, R. ; Hagelauer, R. ; Fenk, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Commun. & Inf. Eng., Linz Univ., Austria

fYear

2002

fDate

3-4 June 2002

Firstpage

267

Lastpage

270

Abstract

A zero-IF receiver for UMTS realized by using an advanced 0.35 /spl mu/m SiGe BiCMOS process with 75 GHz transit frequency is presented. The focal point is the analog baseband chain consisting of a low-noise buffer (LNB), a fully integrated channel selection filter, programmable gain amplifiers (PGA) and circuits to reduce the effects of DC-offsets. The whole chain is able to provide a voltage gain from -14 dB up to 50 dB in 1 dB steps and 43 dB adjacent channel selectivity. The total receiver current consumption for a supply voltage of 2.7 V is less than 45 mA, whereby the baseband chain consumes 15 mA.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; mobile radio; radio receivers; semiconductor materials; -14 to 50 dB; 0.35 micron; 15 mA; 2.7 V; 45 mA; 75 GHz; DC offset; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS technology; UMTS zero-IF receiver; adjacent channel selectivity; analog baseband chain; channel selection filter; current consumption; low-noise buffer; programmable gain amplifier; voltage gain; 3G mobile communication; Baseband; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Electronics packaging; Filters; Frequency; Germanium silicon alloys; Low-noise amplifiers; Silicon germanium; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2002 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7246-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2002.1012046

Filename

1012046