Low-Power RF Transceiver for IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) Standard Applications

Author

Zito, D. ; Pepe, D. ; Neri, B.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Pisa, Pisa

fYear

2006

fDate

10-13 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1312

Lastpage

1315

Abstract

A complete 2.4 GHz ultra low-power RF transceiver for IEEE 802.15.4 standard (ZigBee) applications is reported. The circuits have been designed by using a low-cost 0.35 mum BiCMOS standard technology. The receiver, which consists of a LNA and I/Q mixers, exhibits a noise figure of 8.7 dB, a voltage gain of 26 dB, an input-referred third-order intercept point of -13 dBm and a power consumption of 8.6 mW on a 1.8 V power supply. The transmitter, which consists of I/Q mixers and a two stage power amplifier, provides an output power up to +6 dBm and a power consumption of 16 mW with a 1.8 V power supply.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; UHF amplifiers; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; low noise amplifiers; low-power electronics; transceivers; BiCMOS standard technology; I/Q mixers; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; LNA; ZigBee; frequency 2.4 GHz; gain 26 dB; noise figure 8.7 dB; power 16 mW; power 8.6 mW; power amplifier; receiver; size 0.35 mum; transmitter; ultra low-power RF transceiver; voltage 1.8 V; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Energy consumption; Gain; Noise figure; Power amplifiers; Power supplies; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Voltage; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2006. ICECS '06. 13th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0395-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0395-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2006.379723

Filename

4263616