A 5-GHz-band multifunctional BiCMOS transceiver chip for GMSK modulation wireless systems

Author

Madihian, Mohammad ; Drenski, Tomislav ; Desclos, Laurent ; Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Hirabayashi, Hiroshi ; Yamazaki, Tohru

Author_Institution

Wireless Network Technol. Group, NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

32

Abstract

This paper reports the first multifunctional 0.4-μm BiCMOS-based transceiver chip developed for 5-GHz-band Gaussian minimum-shift keying modulation wireless systems. The chip integrates a low-noise radio-frequency amplifier, a down-mixer, and an intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifier in the down-converter path; an IF amplifier, a limiter, an up-mixer, and a buffer amplifier in the up-converter path; and a frequency doubler and a local oscillator amplifier in the local oscillator path. The chip featuring gain attenuation as well as standby mode operation uses a single 2.6-5.2-V bias voltage and dissipates 56 mW in receive mode and 66 mW in transmit mode. The transceiver chip size is 3.0×2.4 mm²

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; minimum shift keying; transceivers; 0.4 micron; 2.6 to 5.2 V; 5 GHz; 56 mW; 66 mW; GMSK modulation wireless system; Gaussian minimum shift keying; IF amplifier; buffer amplifier; down-converter; down-mixer; frequency doubler; gain attenuation; limiter; local oscillator amplifier; low-noise RF amplifier; multifunctional BiCMOS transceiver chip; standby mode; up-converter; up-mixer; Asynchronous transfer mode; Attenuation; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Local oscillators; Low-noise amplifiers; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transceivers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.736653

Filename

736653