Title :
High dynamic range 60 MHz powerline front-end IC
Author :
Bauwelinck, J. ; Backer, E. De ; Mélange, C. ; Matei, E. ; Ossieur, P. ; Qiu, X.Z. ; Vandewege, J. ; Horvath, S.
Author_Institution :
LNTEC/IMEC Ghent Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Ghent
Abstract :
Presented for the first time, is a novel broadband powerline front-end realised in 0.25 mum SiGe BiCMOS with superior performance. The frequency range of the transmitter (TX) and the direct conversion receiver (RX) exceeds 60 MHz with a very wide dynamic range up to 99.5 dB for the lowest channel bandwidth. The integrated IF filter is tunable from 1 up to 8 MHz. The measured input-referred noise of the TX with low third intermodulation distortion (IMD3) is -140 and 144.5 dBm/Hz for the RX.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; broadband powerline front-end; channel bandwidth; direct conversion receiver; frequency 60 MHz; powerline front-end IC; size 0.25 mum; transmitter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20083198
