Title :
A Si 2-GHz 5-bit LO-phase-shifting downconverter for adaptive antennas
Author :
Yamaji, T. ; Tanimoto, H. ; Obayashi, S. ; Suzuki, Y.
Author_Institution :
Corporate Res. & Dev. Center, Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A double RC-bridge arbitrary-phase switching circuit is proposed and fabricated as a 2-GHz 5-bit phase shifter using silicon BiCMOS technology. The maximum phase error is 6.5 degrees, which is slightly larger than 1/2 LSB.
Keywords :
Adaptive antenna arrays; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bridge circuits; Elemental semiconductors; Silicon; Switching circuits; UHF antennas; UHF frequency converters; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; UHF phase shifters; 2 GHz; LO-phase-shifting downconverter; Si; Si BiCMOS technology; adaptive antennas; double RC-bridge configuration; phase shifter; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive systems; Antenna measurements; Bridge circuits; Circuit noise; Frequency; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Phase shifters; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits, 2000. Digest of Technical Papers. 2000 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6309-4
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.2000.852853
