DocumentCode
3413413
Title
A 12GHz silicon bipolar receiver for digital satellite applications
Author
Girlando, G. ; Copani, T. ; Smerzi, S.A. ; Castorina, A. ; Palmisano, G.
Author_Institution
STMicroelectronics, Catania, Italy
fYear
2004
fDate
15-19 Feb. 2004
Firstpage
276
Abstract
A 12GHz monolithic silicon bipolar receiver for DVB-S applications is presented. The conversion gain is 33.6dB, SSB NF is 5.9dB, and out put P-1dB is +5.5dBm. The VCO exhibits a phase noise of -102dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset from a 5.3GHz carrier. The VCO tuning range is 1.1 GHz.
Keywords
bipolar integrated circuits; digital video broadcasting; direct broadcasting by satellite; elemental semiconductors; phase locked loops; phase noise; silicon; superheterodyne receivers; voltage-controlled oscillators; 12 GHz; 33.6 dB; DVB-S; PLL; Si; VCO tuning; digital satellite applications; digital video broadcast services; dual-conversion superheterodyne architecture; low noise block down-converter; monolithic silicon bipolar receiver; phase noise; Digital video broadcasting; HEMTs; Noise figure; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Polarization; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Signal generators; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2004. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2004 IEEE International
ISSN
0193-6530
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8267-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSCC.2004.1332701
Filename
1332701
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