Monolithic GPS receiver and synthesizer using high-speed silicon bipolar technology

Author

Chien, Hwey-Ching ; Lombardi, Frank ; Hall, William ; Young, James

Author_Institution

Allied-Signal Aerosp. Co., Columbia, MD, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

67

Abstract

A Global Positioning System (GPS) L-band receiver and synthesizer chip set has been developed using high-speed silicon bipolar technology and microwave-frequency mixed-signal design techniques. The L-band receiver chip provides a total of 90-dB conversion gain and generates a CMOS-compatible output signal which is directly applicable to digital-signal-processing circuitry. The synthesizer chip utilizes phase-locked-loop techniques with an integrated voltage-controlled oscillator and frequency dividers operated at frequencies exceeding 1.5 GHz. The chip set has been successfully demonstrated within a GPS environment

Keywords

MMIC; application specific integrated circuits; bipolar integrated circuits; frequency synthesizers; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; phase-locked loops; radionavigation; satellite relay systems; 90 dB; CMOS-compatible output signal; GPS L-band receiver; Global Positioning System; bipolar technology; conversion gain; digital-signal-processing circuitry; frequency dividers; integrated voltage-controlled oscillator; microwave-frequency mixed-signal design techniques; phase-locked-loop techniques; synthesizer chip set; CMOS technology; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Global Positioning System; Integrated circuit technology; Microwave technology; Microwave theory and techniques; Phase locked loops; Signal generators; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1992., Proceedings of Fifth Annual IEEE International

Conference_Location

Rochester, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0768-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASIC.1992.270306

Filename

270306