Title :
A compact direct conversion receiver for C-band wireless applications
Author :
Matinpour, B. ; Laskar, J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a fully monolithic and compact direct conversion receiver for C-band wireless applications. The receiver occupies a 53×35 mil2 die area and dissipates 60 mW of DC power. Utilizing even-harmonic mixing, we demonstrate excellent intermodulation suppression with both 2nd and 3rd order intercept points of 14 dBm. This design provides a voltage conversion gain of 6 dB while keeping the DC offsets below -100 dBm for excellent input sensitivity The chip was fabricated with the TriQuint TQTRx GaAs MESFET process
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; field effect MMIC; gallium arsenide; microwave links; radio receivers; 6 dB; 60 mW; C-band wireless applications; GaAs; GaAs MESFET process; TriQuint TQTRx process; compact direct conversion receiver; even-harmonic mixing; intermodulation suppression; monolithic receiver; Application software; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Image converters; Impedance matching; Low pass filters; MESFETs; Radio frequency; Schottky diodes; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5604-7
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.1999.805232
