A multi-chip receiver module for PCS1900 and DCS1800 GSM basestations

Author

Cameron, Tom ; Poulin, Darcy ; Sychaleun, David ; Beaudin, Steve ; Kung, William ; Nisbet, John

Author_Institution

Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

732

Abstract

This paper describes a multi-chip receiver module for a GSM based PCS1900/DCS1800 radio. The module downconverts a filtered RF signal to the 271 kHz second IF using dual heterodyne conversion. The module contains one GaAs die, two Si dice and two SAW IF filters along with the associated passive components on a single layer ceramic substrate. A full description of the module function is presented including the functional description of the individual circuits and measurements of the module performance

Keywords

MESFET integrated circuits; cellular radio; millimetre wave frequency convertors; multichip modules; personal communication networks; radio receivers; surface acoustic wave filters; 271 kHz; DCS1800 GSM basestation; GaAs; IF; MESFET; MMIC converter; PCS1900 GSM basestation; SAW IF filters; Si; dual heterodyne conversion; filtered RF signal; measurements; module; module performance; multi-chip receiver module; passive components; single layer ceramic substrate; Ceramics; Circuits; Differential amplifiers; GSM; Gallium arsenide; Linearity; MMICs; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 1999. WCNC. 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5668-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.1999.796743

Filename

796743