Title :
A 1x1 802.11n WLAN SoC with fully integrated RF front-end utilizing PA linearization
Author :
Terrovitis, M. ; Mack, M. ; Hwang, J. ; Kaczynski, B. ; Tseng, G. ; Wang, B. ; Mehta, S. ; Su, D.
Author_Institution :
Atheros Commun., Santa Clara, CA, USA
Abstract :
A 1times1 2.4 GHz 802.11n draft compliant radio SoC with fully integrated front-end is presented. A linearized power amplifier is merged with a low noise amplifier to form an RF front end with built-in transmit/receive switch functionality. In HT20 mode, the radio can transmit 19.4 dBm spectral mask compliant power and 18.4 dBm EVM-compliant power at 65 Mbps rate. The sensitivity from the port shared with the PA is -97 dBm at 1 Mbps rate.
Keywords :
low noise amplifiers; power amplifiers; system-on-chip; wireless LAN; 802.11n standard; PA linearization; WLAN SoC system; fully integrated RF front-end; low noise amplifier; power amplifier; wireless local area network; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
ESSCIRC, 2009. ESSCIRC '09. Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4354-3
DOI :
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5325998
