Title :
Cellular antenna switches for multimode applications based on a Silicon-on-Insulator technology
Author :
Tombak, Ali ; Iversen, Christian ; Pierres, Jean-Blaise ; Kerr, Dan ; Carroll, Mike ; Mason, Phil ; Spears, Eddie ; Gillenwater, Todd
Author_Institution :
RFMD Inc., Greensboro, NC, USA
Abstract :
A Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology on high resistivity silicon substrates is presented for the design of cellular antenna switches. The design and measurement results for an SP9T cellular antenna switch based on this technology are presented. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an SP9T cellular antenna switch with adequate intermodulation and harmonic distortion performance on a high resistivity SOI CMOS technology.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; antennas; silicon-on-insulator; substrates; switches; SOI CMOS technology; SP9T cellular antenna; cellular antenna switches; harmonic distortion; high resistivity silicon substrates; intermodulation; multimode applications; silicon-on-insulator technology; 3G mobile communication; CMOS technology; Conductivity; GSM; Insertion loss; Integrated circuit technology; PHEMTs; Radio frequency; Silicon on insulator technology; Switches; RF switch; SOI; SP9T; antenna switch; blocker; harmonics; high resistivity silicon; intermodulation distortion; multimode; silicon-on-insulator;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6240-7
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2010.5477354
