• DocumentCode
    2987656
  • Title

    An Area and Power Efficient Cartesian Phase Shifter + Mixer Circuit Applied to WLAN System

  • Author

    Afsahi, Ali ; Behzad, Arya ; Au, Stephen ; Roufoogaran, Rozi ; Rael, Jacob

  • Author_Institution
    Broadcom Corp., San Diego
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    3-5 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    357
  • Lastpage
    360
  • Abstract
    A two-antenna array receiver is designed for WLAN application to build a maximum ratio combiner (MRC) system. A new signal-path Cartesian phase generation and combination technique is proposed to shift the RF signal by 22.5 phase steps. The 3 dB improvement in received SNR is achieved in comparison to single path receiver. The 0.29 mm^2 RF paths consumes 30 mW in 0.13 mum CMOS process.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; mixers (circuits); phase shifters; wireless LAN; Cartesian phase shifter; WLAN system; maximum ratio combiner system; mixer circuit; power 30 mW; signal-path Cartesian phase generation; size 0.13 micron; two-antenna array receiver; Circuits; Gain; Jacobian matrices; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Robustness; Signal generators; Wireless LAN; Beamforming; CMOS; Cartesian; MRC phase shifter; phased array; wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • ISSN
    1529-2517
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0530-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1529-2517
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2007.380900
  • Filename
    4266448