학술논문

Dynamic range reduction due to RF and image signal co-existence in a highly-merged 2.4/5.7-GHz dual-band low-IF downconverter
Document Type
Conference
Source
2010 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International. :1-1 May, 2010
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Dynamic range
Radio frequency
RF signals
Dual band
CMOS technology
Degradation
Frequency conversion
Laboratories
Language
ISSN
0149-645X
Abstract
A highly-merged 2.4/5.7-GHz dual-band low-IF downconverter is demonstrated using 0.18-µm CMOS technology. Weaver and Hartley architectures are utilized to achieve high image-rejection ratio (IRR) of first and second image signals. The first LO (LO 1 ) is set exactly halfway between the two bands. That is, the 2.4/5.7-GHz bands are the first image signal of each other. However, in a real home/commercial environment, a 5.7/2.4-GHz blocking signal is present when the 2.4/5.7-GHz band is desired and thus degrades the dynamic range of the receiver. Therefore, the dynamic range degradation due to the co-existence of RF and image signals is discussed in this paper.