Comparison of accumulation units for analog realizations of a path searcher for a UMTS receiver

Author

Graupner, Achim ; Schuffny, Rene

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technische Univ. Dresden, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

571

Abstract

Two different serial and a parallel structures of an analog current mode accumulator are presented and analyzed. They are intended to be used in the path searcher module of a rake receiver for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) mobile communication. The noise performance as well as the area requirements of the parallel accumulator increase with the number of values to be accumulated. The signal to noise ratio of the serial structure is better when operated with the absolute values of the signal.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; CMOS analogue integrated circuits; current-mode circuits; fading channels; radio receivers; spread spectrum communication; UMTS receiver; accumulation units; analog realizations; current memory cells; current mode accumulator; fading channels; mobile communication; parallel accumulator; path searcher; rake receiver; serial accumulator; signal to noise ratio; spread spectrum signals; 3G mobile communication; Communication channels; Delay; Fading; Mobile communication; Multipath channels; Power dissipation; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2003. ICECS 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 10th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8163-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2003.1301849

Filename

1301849