A Low Power, High Performance BiCMOS MIMO/Diversity Direct Conversion Transceiver IC for WiBro/WiMAX (802.16e)

Author

Locher, M. ; Tomesen, M. ; Kuenen, J. ; Daanen, A. ; Visser, H. ; Essink, B. ; Vervoort, P.P. ; Nijrolder, M. ; Kopmeiners, R. ; Redman-White, W. ; Balmford, R. ; El Waffaoui, R.

Author_Institution

NXP Semicond., Nijmegen

fYear

2007

fDate

16-19 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

105

Abstract

This paper describes a dual signal path (MIMO) low power, high performance direct conversion WiBro/WiMAX 802.16e radio transceiver optimized for mobile applications and coexistence with on-board cellular and WLAN/Bluetooth systems. It is fabricated in a SiGe BiCMOS process and achieves a receiver NF of less than 2.5 dB over an operation frequency of 2.3-2.7 GHz. The transmit gain can be digitally tuned over a 75 dB range. The transceiver consumes 65/103 mA at a 2.8 V supply in OFDMA Rx/Tx modes respectively.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bluetooth; MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; WiMax; broadband networks; cellular radio; frequency division multiple access; radio access networks; transceivers; 802.16e; Bluetooth; MIMO-diversity direct conversion transceiver IC; OFDMA Rx-Tx modes; SiGe; WiBro; WiMAX; dual signal path radio transceiver; frequency 2.3 GHz to 2.7 GHz; low power high performance BiCMOS IC; mobile applications; onboard cellular systems; voltage 2.8 V; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bluetooth; Germanium silicon alloys; MIMO; Noise measurement; Radio transceivers; Receivers; Silicon germanium; WiMAX; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2007. CICC '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1623-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1623-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.2007.4405691

Filename

4405691