Gain/bandwidth programmable PA control loop for GMS/GPRS quad-band applications

Author

Cusinato, Paolo ; Cipriani, Stefano ; Sirna, Guglielmo ; Puccio, Gianni ; Duvivier, Eric

Author_Institution

Texas Instruments France, Loubet, France

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

23-26 May 2004

Abstract

The analog power amplifier (PA) control loop of a fully-integrated GSM/GPRS quad band transceiver by Duvivier et al. (2003) is presented. The control loop is based on a fully-integrated PA controller which meets all GSM/GPRS specifications. Both the gain and the bandwidth of the PA control loop are programmable as well as the stand-by voltage delivered to the PA. These features, together with a high driving capability (8.4 mA @ 2.5 V), make this solution capable to interface vast combinations of PAs, couplers and detectors. The proposed PA controller has been integrated in a BiCMOS SiGe 0.35 μm process and measures 0.33 mm₂. The current consumption is 2.8 mA without load and 7.2 mA in the application (using Hitachi PF08109B PA) from a single 2.8 V power supply.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Global Positioning System; elemental semiconductors; gain control; integrated circuit design; power amplifiers; programmable circuits; silicon compounds; transceivers; 0.35 micron; 2.5 V; 2.8 V; 2.8 mA; 7.2 mA; 8.4 mA; BiCMOS SiGe process integration; GMS-GPRS quad-band applications; Hitachi PF08109B PA; SiGe; analog power amplifier; couplers; current consumption; detectors; driving capability; integrated GSM-GPRS quad band transceiver; integrated PA controller; programmable PA control loop; programmable bandwidth; programmable gain; programmable stand-by voltage; Bandwidth; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Couplers; Detectors; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Power amplifiers; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8251-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328271

Filename

1328271