Novel indirect-conversion transceiver architectures using phantom oscillators

Author

MacEachern, L. ; Manku, Tajinder

Author_Institution

RF Technol. Group, Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

226

Abstract

An integratable transceiver architecture utilizing a new spread spectrum local oscillator technique is presented. In this type of transceiver architecture, the effects of two or more spread-spectrum oscillators combine to produce a desired “phantom” oscillator useful for frequency translation. The phantom oscillator technique is particularly applicable to the up-conversion and down-conversion paths in integrated transceivers, since spread-spectrum oscillator leakage does not create problematic DC offsets

Keywords

feedback oscillators; radio receivers; radiofrequency oscillators; spread spectrum communication; transceivers; DC offsets; down-conversion paths; frequency translation; indirect-conversion transceiver architectures; integratable transceiver architecture; phantom oscillators; spectral shaping; spread spectrum local oscillator technique; spread-spectrum oscillator leakage; up-conversion paths; Baseband; CMOS technology; Feedback circuits; Frequency shift keying; Image converters; Imaging phantoms; Local oscillators; Modulation coding; Radio frequency; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2000. RAWCON 2000. 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6267-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2000.881895

Filename

881895