Design and Implementation of SiGe-BiCMOS Mixer for UWB Applications

Author

Heves, Emre ; Kaynak, Mehmet ; Gurbuz, Yasar

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Natural Sci., Sabanci Univ., Istanbul

fYear

2006

fDate

17-19 April 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents the design of an UWB SiGe BiCMOS mixer block for direct-conversion type transceiver architectures which optimized for WLAN applications at a frequency of 5 GHz using 0.35 mum SiGe BiCMOS technology. High gain, low noise figure (NF) and low power dissipation are the main considerations for optimizations. The simulations are performed using Cadence^reg SpectreRF environment. The simulation results show a gain of 11 dB, Noise Figure of 5 dB and 1-dB compression point of -14 dBm. The circuit consumes only 15 mW under 2.5 V supply voltage

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; MMIC mixers; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; wireless LAN; 0.35 micron; 11 dB; 15 mW; 2.5 V; 5 GHz; 5 dB; Cadence^reg SpectreRF environment; SiGe; UWB SiGe BiCMOS mixer; WLAN application; direct-conversion type transceiver architecture; optimization; ultra-wideband; wireless local area network; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Design optimization; Frequency; Germanium silicon alloys; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Communications Applications, 2006 IEEE 14th

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0238-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIU.2006.1659889

Filename

1659889