Title :
A 2.4GHz Fully Integrated Transmitter Front End with +26.5-dBm On-Chip CMOS Power Amplifier
Author :
Wang, Po-Chih ; Chang, Chia-Jun ; Chiu, Wei-Ming ; Chiu, Pei-Ju ; Wang, Chun-Cheng ; Lu, Chao-Hua ; Chen, Kai-Te ; Huang, Ming-Chong ; Chang, Yi-Ming ; Lin, Shih-Min ; Chan, Ka-Un ; Lin, Ying-His ; Lee, Chao-Cheng
Author_Institution :
Realtek Semicond. Corp., Hsinchu
Abstract :
A fully integrated transmitter front end with on-chip power amplifier (PA) in 0.18 um CMOS technology is presented. The on-chip PA employs dynamic bias technique to reduce power consumption and enhance linearity. In the measurement, it reveals the output PldB of the PA is 26.5 dBm. Also, the transmitter delivers an average power of 17.3 dBm with EVM of -28.1 while drawing 225 mA of DC current (PA 157 mA) from 3.3 V supply. The low power consumption, adequate linearity and high integration make this transmitter suitable for WLAN application.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; power amplifiers; system-on-chip; wireless LAN; WLAN application; current 225 mA; dynamic bias technique; frequency 2.4 GHz; integrated transmitter front end; on-chip CMOS power amplifier; power consumption; size 0.18 mum; voltage 3.3 V; Baseband; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Energy consumption; Linearity; OFDM modulation; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio transmitters; Wireless LAN; CMOS technology; power amplifiers.; transmitter; wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0530-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1529-2517
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2007.380879
