Title :
A CMOS Ku-band single-conversion low-noise block front-end for satellite receivers
Author :
Deng, Zhiming ; Chen, Jiashu ; Tsai, Jason ; Niknejad, Ali M.
Author_Institution :
Berkeley Wireless Res. Center, Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a Ku-band single-conversion low-noise block (LNB) front-end in a 0.18 mum CMOS technology. The front-end down-converts the input signal from the Ku-band (10.5 - 13 GHz) to the L-band (0.75 - 2.25 GHz). The in-band noise figure is between 2.8 to 4.2 dB. It achieves a gain of 50 dB with plusmn2 dB variation. The in-band OIP3 is above 17 dBm and output 1-dB compression point is above 9 dBm. The front-end consumes total of 75 mA from a 1.8 V supply. The die area is 0.8times1.8 mm2.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; MMIC frequency convertors; direct broadcasting by satellite; field effect MMIC; low noise amplifiers; microwave receivers; CMOS Ku-band single-conversion low-noise block front-end; current 75 mA; digital broadcast satellite receivers; frequency 0.75 GHz to 2.25 GHz; frequency 10.5 GHz to 13 GHz; gain 50 dB; in-band OIP3; in-band noise figure; noise figure 2.8 dB to 4.2 dB; output compression point; voltage 1.8 V; CMOS technology; Frequency; HEMTs; L-band; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Satellite broadcasting; CMOS; Ku-band; amplifier; low-noise; low-noise block;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2009. RFIC 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3377-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1529-2517
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2009.5135507
