Single-Stage Low-Power Quadrature RF Receiver Front-End: The LMV Cell

Author

Liscidini, Antonio ; Mazzanti, Andrea ; Tonietto, Riccardo ; Vandi, Luca ; Andreani, Pietro ; Castello, Rinaldo

Author_Institution

Laboratorio di Microelettronica, Universita degli Studi di Pavia

Volume

41

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2832

Lastpage

2841

Abstract

This paper presents the first quadrature RF receiver front-end where, in a single stage, low-noise amplifier (LNA), mixer and voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) share the same bias current. The new structure exploits the intrinsic mixing functionality of a classical LC tank oscillator providing a compact and low-power solution compatible with low-voltage technologies. A 0.13-mum CMOS prototype tailored to the GPS application is presented. The experimental results exhibit a noise figure of 4.8 dB, a gain of 36 dB, an IIP3 of -19 dBm with a total power consumption of only 5.4 mW from a voltage supply of 1.2 V

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Global Positioning System; low-power electronics; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.13 micron; 1.2 V; 36 dB; 4.8 dB; 5.4 mW; CMOS prototype; GPS receiver; LMV cell; classical LC tank oscillator; current reuse; low-noise amplifier; self-oscillating mixer; single-stage low-power quadrature RF receiver front-end; voltage-controlled oscillator; CMOS technology; Energy consumption; Gain; Global Positioning System; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators; LC tank oscillator; Current reuse; GPS receiver; RF receiver; low power; low voltage; low-IF architecture; self-oscillating mixer (SOM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2006.884824

Filename

4014620