High Dynamic Range Radio Receiver Preamplifier in BiCMOS Technology

Author

Chang, Z.Y. ; Sansen, W. ; Steyaert, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. Elektrotech., K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Volume

1

fYear

1990

fDate

19-21 Sept. 1990

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

40

Abstract

A low noise, high dynamic range wide-band amplifier matching either a telescope or a wire antenna for SW receivers is presented. The amplifier features low noise, low distortion and rail to rail swing capability. With 5 V single supply, a signal of 4 Vρρ can be driven into 500 Ω/110 pF load. For the wire antenna, the measured equivalent input noise is 025 μVrms within 25 kHz IF band and a high dynamic range of 135 dB is achieved. For the telescope antenna, the measured noise is 0.21 μVrms and the dynamic range is 136 dB without the use of any AGC.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; electric noise measurement; preamplifiers; radio receivers; wideband amplifiers; wire antennas; AGC; BiCMOS technology; IF band; SW receiver; capacitance 110 pF; gain 135 dB; gain 136 dB; high dynamic range radio receiver preamplifier; low noise high dynamic range wide band amplifier matching; noise measurement; rail to rail swing capability; resistance 500 ohm; telescope antenna; voltage 5 V; wire antenna; Antenna measurements; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Broadband amplifiers; Dynamic range; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise measurement; Preamplifiers; Receivers; Telescopes; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1990. ESSCIRC '90. Sixteenth European

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

2-86332-087-4

Type

conf

Filename

5468001