Transformer based front-end for a low power 2.4 GHz transceiver

Author

Masuch, J. ; Delgado-Restituto, Manuel ; Rodriguez-Vazquez, Angel

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microelectron. of Seville (IMSE-CNM-CSIC) -, Univ. of Seville, Seville, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

6-9 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

291

Abstract

A low power transceiver architecture for the 2.4 GHz ISM band using a 1.0 V supply is presented. It employs a transformer to convert the 100 Ω antenna impedance to almost 1 kΩ and so facilitates a low power transmitter and receiver. The simulated post-layout output power of the differential class-E power amplifier is 2.0 dBm with a drain efficiency of 28.4%. The direct-conversion receiver achieves a very low power consumption of 420 μW and a noise figure of 15.0 dB.

Keywords

differential amplifiers; microwave antennas; microwave receivers; power consumption; radio transceivers; radio transmitters; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; ISM band; antenna impedance; class-E power amplifier; direct conversion receiver; drain efficiency; frequency 2.4 GHz; low power consumption; low power receiver; low power transceiver architecture; low power transmitter; noise figure 15.0 dB; power 420 muW; simulated post-layout output power; transformer based front-end; voltage 1.0 V; Baseband; Frequency shift keying; Mixers; Noise; Receivers; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7454-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774893

Filename

5774893