Title :
A UWB CMOS SoC RF transmitter with analog baseband predistortion and on-package printed balun
Author :
Korol, Victor ; Larson, Lawrence E.
Author_Institution :
Wisair, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A 6.3-9.5 GHz UWB CMOS Transmitter is reported. The RF transmitter architecture involves Tx analog baseband predistortion and balun integration into the BGA substrate, which increases the available Tx RF power and reduces the DC power consumption and size of the chip.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; baluns; radio transmitters; radiofrequency integrated circuits; system-on-chip; ultra wideband communication; CMOS; DC power consumption; RF transmitter; SoC; UWB; analog baseband predistortion; balun integration; frequency 6.3 GHz to 9.5 GHz; on-package printed balun; Baseband; Gain; Impedance matching; OFDM; Predistortion; Radio frequency; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), 2011 IEEE 11th Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8060-9
DOI :
10.1109/SIRF.2011.5719302
