Title :
Merits and requirements of a few RF architectures
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Reading, PA, USA
Abstract :
In a cellular radio, as in any system, the architecture determines the quantity and quality of bipolar and BiCMOS content. Requirements and merits of a few transmitter and receiver architectures are discussed. Some of these, such as single IF, are in handsets selling by the millions every year. Some, such as direct conversion at the antenna, remain in the planning stages because of the present state of A/D technology
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; bipolar integrated circuits; cellular radio; transceivers; A/D technology; BiCMOS content; RF architectures; bipolar technology; cellular radio; direct conversion; handsets; receiver architectures; single IF; transmitter architectures; Active filters; BiCMOS integrated circuits; GSM; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Magneto electrical resistivity imaging technique; Mixers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radio transmitters; Surface acoustic waves;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5712-4
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1999.803527
