Title :
Implementation of an all-analog active reflector
Author :
Bousquet, Jean-François ; Magierowski, Sebastian ; Messier, Geoffrey ; Zhao, Zhixing
Author_Institution :
Schulich Sch. of Eng., Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
A 3.65-GHz all-analog wireless reflector acting as a cooperative diversity repeater is built in 0.13-μm CMOS technology and its performance is evaluated. Interfaced with a folded dipole antenna, the circuit can achieve a 23.5-dB gain for a very low power consumption equal to 300 μW.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; active antennas; coplanar waveguides; dipole antennas; field effect MMIC; microwave antennas; radio repeaters; reflector antennas; strip lines; CMOS technology; all-analog active reflector implementation; circuit gain; cooperative diversity repeater; coplanar stripline folded dipole antenna structure; discrete matching network; frequency 3.65 GHz; low power active reflector; power 300 muW; size 0.13 mum; wireless reflector; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Gain; Radio frequency; Resistance; Transistors; coplanar stripline; folded dipole; negative resistance amplifier; reflector amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2010 23rd Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Calgary, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5376-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2010.5575200