SiP Tuner With Integrated LC Tracking Filter for Both Cable and Terrestrial TV Reception

Author

Tourret, Jean R. ; Amiot, Sebastien ; Bernard, Maxime ; Bouhamame, Mohamed ; Caron, Claude ; Crand, Olivier ; Denise, Gilles ; Fillâtre, Vincent ; Kervaon, Thibault ; Kristen, Markus ; Lo Coco, L. ; Mercier, Frederic ; Paris, Jean M. ; Pichon, François ;

Author_Institution

NXP Semicond., Colombelles

Volume

42

Issue

12

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2809

Lastpage

2821

Abstract

A silicon tuner has been designed for the reception of analog or digital TV signals from a cable or a terrestrial network. It exhibits 5 dB NF over the 42-870 MHz frequency range and integrates a self-calibrated LC tracking filter. This allows 55 dB video SNR under fully loaded spectrum conditions. The (N + 1) image channel is rejected by more than 62 dB thanks to a fully integrated full complex mixer with auto calibration. The 5.7 mm² active die is fabricated in 40-GHz f_T BiCMOS 0.25 mum technology and dissipates 780 mW running from a 3.3 V supply.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; digital television; tracking filters; BiCMOS technology; SNR; cable terrestrial TV reception; digital TV signals; frequency 40 GHz; image channel; integrated LC tracking filter; integrated full complex mixer; silicon tuner; terrestrial network; voltage 3.3 V; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Cable TV; Calibration; Digital TV; Filters; Frequency; Noise measurement; Signal design; Silicon; Tuners; ATSC; Analog TV; DVB-T; TV tuner; broadband receiver; calibration; dc–dc converter; full complex mixer; low-IF; low-noise amplifier (LNA); silicon tuner; splitter; system-in-package (SiP); tracking filter; wide-band phase-locked loop (PLL);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2007.908666

Filename

4381467