A CMOS Receiver Front-End for 3.1-10.6 GHz Ultra-Wideband Radio

Author

Shi, Bo ; Chia, M.Y.W.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

350

Lastpage

353

Abstract

The design of a CMOS ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver front-end for high data rate, short-range wireless communications is presented. Targeted for the MB-OFDM UWB standard proposal, the receiver front-end uses a direct-conversion architecture and integrates a wideband low-noise amplifier (LNA) and two double-balanced mixers for quadrature downconversion. Designed in a 0.13-mum CMOS technology and housed in a low-cost LPCC package, the prototype chip delivers 22.9-26.4 dB of power gain and 4.8-7.7 dB of double-sideband noise figure over the entire 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band. An input third-order intercept point (IIP3) of -11.5 dBm ensures a linear receiver. Operating from a 1.5-V supply, the UWB receiver frontend draws 32 mA dc current

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; OFDM modulation; low noise amplifiers; microwave mixers; microwave receivers; radio receivers; ultra wideband communication; 0.13 micron; 1.5 V; 3.1 to 10.6 GHz; 32 mA; CMOS technology; LNA; LPCC package; MB-OFDM standard; direct-conversion architecture; double-balanced mixer; input third-order intercept point; low-noise amplifier; multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; ultra-wideband receiver front-end; wireless communication; Architecture; CMOS technology; Gain; Low-noise amplifiers; Packaging; Proposals; Prototypes; Receivers; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; CMOS; RF integrated circuit; direct-conversion; low-noise amplifier; mixer; receiver front-end; ultra-wideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2006. EuRAD 2006. 3rd European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-7-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2006.280347

Filename

4058331