A BiCMOS double-low-IF receiver for GSM

Author

Banu, Mihai ; Wang, HongMo ; Seidel, Mark ; Tarsia, Maurice ; Fischer, William ; Glas, Jack ; Dec, Alex ; Boccuzzi, Vito

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 May 1997

Firstpage

521

Lastpage

524

Abstract

A new down-conversion technique for wireless terminals is proposed. The use of two IF stages at low frequencies eliminates the need for expensive SAW filters while avoiding some of the shortcomings of the direct conversion and single low-IF methods. High selectivity is realized with on-chip filters and inexpensive ceramic filters. A 0.5 μm BiCMOS test chip demonstrates the principle via a GSM example

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; cellular radio; radio receivers; 0.5 micron; 950 MHz; BiCMOS receiver; GSM application; IF stages; ceramic filters; double-low-IF receiver; down-conversion technique; high selectivity; onchip filters; wireless terminals; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Cellular phones; Ceramics; Costs; Frequency conversion; GSM; Image converters; Radio frequency; SAW filters; Surface acoustic wave devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the IEEE 1997

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3669-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1997.606680

Filename

606680

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2182485