A high performance 2.4 GHz transceiver chip-set for high volume commercial applications

Author

Khabbaz, B. ; Douglas, A. ; DeAngelis, J. ; Hongsmatip, L. ; Pelliccia, V. ; Fahey, W. ; Dawe, G.

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Div., M/A-COM, Lowell, MA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

22-25 May 1994

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

14

Abstract

A high performance MMIC transceiver chip-set has been developed for the 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz ISM band. The chip set consumes low power, making it ideal for battery powered FSK systems such as portable powered computer WLAN and portable data collection terminals. The die sizes are also very small, making them cost effective for high volume commercial applications. All transceiver functionalities, including a VCO, are integrated onto a single chip, 1.4 mm/spl times/2.79 mm die size. This chip has a very low power dissipation of 175 mW on receive and 225 mW on transmit. The second chip contains T/R and diversity switches, a 10 dB step attenuator, and the output power amplifier.<>

Keywords

MMIC; frequency shift keying; microwave links; mobile radio systems; radio transmitters; transceivers; variable-frequency oscillators; 175 mW; 2.4 GHz; 225 mW; ISM band; MMIC; VCO; battery powered FSK systems; die sizes; diversity switches; high volume commercial applications; output power amplifier; portable data collection terminals; portable powered computer WLAN; power dissipation; step attenuator; transceiver chip-set; Application software; Batteries; Costs; Frequency shift keying; MMICs; Portable computers; Power amplifiers; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1994. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1994

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1418-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1994.332125

Filename

332125