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Dual-mode RF receiver front-end using a 0.25-µm 60-GHz f_TSiGe:C BiCMOS7RF technology

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A. A. Shirakawa,

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SBCCI '04: Proceedings of the 17th symposium on Integrated circuits and system design

Pages 88 - 93

https://doi.org/10.1145/1016568.1016597

Published: 04 September 2004 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents a dual-mode RF receiver front-end consisting of a LNA, an active single-ended-to-differential converter and a downconversion mixer. It uses a high performance 0.25-μm 60-GHz fr SiGe:C BiCMOS7RF integration technology from STMicroelectronics. The proposed RF receiver front-end (RFFE) is targeted to GSM1800 (1805-1880MHz) and WCDMA-FDD (2110-2170MHz) systems. The main motivation of this work is to share as many elements as possible in both modes avoiding conventional parallel receiver chains, which is not a cost-efficient solution. The overall RFFE achievable gain is around 40dB in both modes. The overall front-end noise figure (Friis formula) is less than 1.3dB for GSM1800 and 1.6dB for WCDMA mode. These performances fulfill the systems requirements. The complete RFFE circuit consumes 18mW in both operation modes at 2.5V supply voltage.

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SBCCI '04: Proceedings of the 17th symposium on Integrated circuits and system design

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DOI:10.1145/1016568

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Moreira CKerhervé EJarry PBelot D(2009)A reconfigurable DCS1800/W-CDMA LNA: Design and implementation issuesInternational Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering10.1002/mmce.2030919:1(14-23)Online publication date: Jan-2009
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