A 60nm WiFi/BT/GPS/FM combo connectivity SOC with integrated power amplifiers, virtual SP3T switch, and merged WiFi-BT transceiver

Author

Chia-Hsin Wu ; Tsung-Ming Chen ; Wei-Kai Hong ; Chih-Hsien Shen ; Jui-Lin Hsu ; Jen-Che Tsai ; Kuo-Hao Chen ; Yi-An Li ; Sheng-Hao Chen ; Chun-Hao Liao ; Hung-Pin Ma ; Hui-Hsien Liu ; Min-Shun Hsu ; Sheng-Yuan Su ; Jerng, A. ; Chien, G.

Author_Institution

MediaTek, Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2013

fDate

2-4 June 2013

Firstpage

129

Lastpage

132

Abstract

A highly integrated WiFi/BT/FM/GPS connectivity combo SOC is implemented in a 60nm CMOS process. This work presents the proposed WiFi/BT merged RF transceiver, a virtual SP3T switch, and DPD algorithm to save chip area, reduce BOM and enhance performance simultaneously. The WiFi/BT/FM/GPS RF transceiver areas are 1.7/1.3/0.8/1.0mm², respectively. The measured WiFi 11g 54Mbps RX sensitivity is -78dBm and Pout is 20dBm with EVM of -28dB. The measured BT GMSK RX sensitivity is -94dBm and Pout is 10dBm. FM sensitivity is -110dBm and GPS cold/hot-start TTFF sensitivity is -148/-163dBm.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; UHF integrated circuits; UHF power amplifiers; microwave switches; radio transceivers; system-on-chip; wireless LAN; BOM; DPD algorithm; SOC; WiFi 11g; WiFi-BT-GPS-FM combo connectivity; bit rate 54 Mbit/s; integrated power amplifier; merged WiFi-BT transceiver; size 60 nm; virtual SP3T switch; Frequency modulation; Global Positioning System; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Radio frequency; Switches; System-on-chip; Transceivers; BT; RF SOC; SP3T; WiFi; coexistence; connectivity combo SoC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6059-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569541

Filename

6569541