• DocumentCode
    1675522
  • Title

    Wideband CMOS integrated RF combiner for LINC transmitters

  • Author

    Hamedi-Hagh, Sotoudeh ; Salama, C. André T

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    555
  • Lastpage
    558
  • Abstract
    The design of a novel wideband RF signal combiner suitable for LINC transmitters in CMOS technologies is presented in this paper. Compared to the conventional narrowband design, the wideband architecture achieves a small reflection coefficient (less than 0.3) suitable-for wideband spread spectrum multi-user mobile systems. A 0.18μm CMOS wideband signal combiner, designed to add two 8GHz signals and deliver 1.5W to the antenna from 1V class F power amplifiers, is presented and compared to a narrowband design.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; cellular radio; power combiners; radio transmitters; spread spectrum communication; 0.18 micron; 1 V; 1.5 W; 8 GHz; CMOS; LINC transmitters; RF combiner; antenna; class F power amplifiers; reflection coefficient; spread spectrum multi-user mobile systems; wideband architecture; Broadband amplifiers; Broadband antennas; CMOS technology; Narrowband; Radio frequency; Reflection; Signal design; Spread spectrum communication; Transmitters; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2003 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1529-2517
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7694-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2003.1214007
  • Filename
    1214007