Title :
CMOS RF T/R router switch ICs for LTE carrier aggregation transceivers
Author :
Chang-Ming Lai ; Je-Kuan Jau ; Ping-Hsun Wu ; Chun-Hsiang Chi ; Chia-Hao Tu ; Jian-Yu Li
Author_Institution :
Inf. & Commun. Res. Labs., ITRI, Hsinchu, Taiwan
fDate :
Oct. 31 2012-Nov. 2 2012
Abstract :
Carrier aggregation technique combines multiple narrow band channels to achieve a wide bandwidth for highspeed data communication. The proposed router switch architecture reduces the circuit complexity while maintaining the flexibility to meet the requirement of carrier aggregation systems. In this work, two router switch ICs are implemented in 0.18μm CMOS technology to provide dynamic RF paths for carrier aggregation among different channels and bands. The ICs are tested with LTE R9 signals.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; Long Term Evolution; data communication; integrated circuit design; radio transceivers; switched networks; CMOS RF T/R router switch integrated circuit; LTE R9 signals; LTE carrier aggregation transceivers; Long Term Evolution; circuit complexity; dynamic RF paths; high speed data communication; size 0.18 mum; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Gain; Radio frequency; Switches; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2012 9th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2471-7
