A multiband CMOS RF front-end for 4G WiMAX and WLAN applications

Author

Garuda, Chetty ; Ismail, Mohammed

Author_Institution

Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

fYear

2006

fDate

21-24 May 2006

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of the RF front-end for the WiMAX (802.16e) and WLAN (802.11n) standards. The front-end covers the frequency ranges of operation for licensed and unlicensed bands of WiMAX and WLAN, which include 2.3 GHz - 2.9 GHz, 3.3 GHz - 3.7 GHz and 4.9 GHz - 5.9 GHz. The gain of the front-end is between 30 - 32 dB for all the bands while achieving noise figures of 2.5 dB, 3.5 dB and 5.9 dB at the center frequencies of the lower, middle and upper bands respectively. The total front-end operates at the bias current of 26.25 mA and consumes 48 mW of power. The components include in the front-end are low noise amplifier, active balun or single to differential converter and mixer. The design of the front-end is performed in 1.8 V IBM CMOS 0.18mum process

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; IEEE standards; UHF integrated circuits; WiMax; baluns; convertors; integrated circuit design; low noise amplifiers; microwave integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); wireless LAN; 0.18 micron; 1.8 V; 2.3 to 2.9 GHz; 2.5 dB; 26.25 mA; 3.3 to 3.7 GHz; 3.5 dB; 30 to 32 dB; 4.9 to 5.9 GHz; 48 mW; 4G WiMAX; 5.9 dB; CMOS RF front-end; IBM CMOS; IEEE 802.11n standard; IEEE 802.16e standard; WLAN; active balun; converter; low noise amplifier; mixer; Active noise reduction; CMOS process; Differential amplifiers; Impedance matching; Low-noise amplifiers; Mixers; Noise figure; Radio frequency; WiMAX; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Island of Kos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9389-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693268

Filename

1693268