Adaptive antenna receiver module for WLAN at C-band with low-power consumption

Author

Ellinger, Frank ; Bächtold, Werner

Author_Institution

Electron. Lab., Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

12

Issue

9

fYear

2002

Firstpage

348

Lastpage

350

Abstract

A low-power consuming adaptive antenna receiver module at C-band for 802.11a and HIPERLAN is presented. The highly integrated GaAs microwave monolithic integrated circuit consists of low noise amplifiers, calibration switches and a vector modulator with 360/spl deg/ phase control and over 15 dB gain control. At 5.2 GHz, the module has a maximum gain of 12.5 dB, a noise figure of 2.7 dB, and a 1 dB output compression point of -7 dBm. The module draws only 2.3 mA up to 3.5 mA from a 2.7 V supply. Chip size is 1.9 mm /spl times/ 1.6 mm.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MESFET integrated circuits; adaptive antenna arrays; field effect MMIC; gain control; gallium arsenide; low-power electronics; microwave antenna arrays; microwave receivers; modulators; modules; phase control; radio receivers; wireless LAN; 12.5 dB; 2.3 to 3.5 mA; 2.7 V; 2.7 dB; 5.2 GHz; C-band; GaAs MMIC; IEEE 802.11a; LNA; MESFET technology; WLAN; adaptive antenna receiver module; calibration switches; gain control; low noise amplifiers; low-power consuming module; microwave monolithic integrated circuit; phase control; vector modulator; wireless local area networks; Adaptive arrays; Calibration; Gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit noise; Low-noise amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Monolithic integrated circuits; Phase noise; Receiving antennas; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2002.803143

Filename

1031930