A single-chip receiver for multi-user low-noise block down-converters

Author

Copani, Tino ; Smerzi, Santo A. ; Girlando, Giovanni ; Ferla, Giuseppe ; Palmisano, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Catania Univ., Italy

fYear

2005

Firstpage

438

Abstract

A 12GHz single-chip receiver for multi-user low-noise block down-converters is presented. The 3.3mm×2mm die is implemented in a 50GHz-f_T 0.8 μm silicon bipolar technology and includes two down-converter channels and a 10.2GHz local oscillator synthesizer. The receiver features a 7.8dB SSB NF, an output P_1dB of 5dBm with 32dB conversion gain and phase noise of -96dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset from the 10.2GHz carrier.

Keywords

digital video broadcasting; direct broadcasting by satellite; frequency synthesizers; microwave amplifiers; microwave frequency convertors; microwave oscillators; television receivers; 0.8 micron; 10.2 GHz; 12 GHz; 32 dB; 50 GHz; 7.8 dB; DVB-S; digital video broadcasting via satellite; local oscillator synthesizer; low-noise block down-converters; multi-user down-converters; silicon bipolar technology; single-chip receiver; Digital video broadcasting; HEMTs; Noise measurement; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Polarization; Radio frequency; Resonance; Satellite broadcasting; Tuning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8904-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1494057

Filename

1494057