학술논문

A fully integrated 802.11n radio with 24GHz harmonic LO generation for low-cost, low power, multi-standard systems
Document Type
Conference
Source
2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2011 IEEE. :1-4 Jun, 2011
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Power harmonic filters
Voltage-controlled oscillators
Harmonic analysis
Transceivers
Radio frequency
IEEE 802.11n Standard
Harmonic VCO
LO generation
Wifi 802.11bgn
bluetooth
Language
ISSN
1529-2517
2375-0995
Abstract
We report a novel harmonic LOG based direct conversion RF transceiver for 802.11n radio. This multi-comm transceiver consists of Bluetooth SoC and WiFi, it includes 19–24GHz VCO, integrated front-end including WiFi T/R and WiFi-BT switches. Fabricated in 90nm digital CMOS technology, this IC consumes 422/560mW (Rx/Tx 802.11n 300/150Mbps), 110mW in BT mode, with an area of approx 19mm2. A peak saturated power of 24/9dBm is achieved at antenna in WiFi/BT mode.