A 78-dB gain range low power CMOS RF digitally programmable gain amplifier for mobile terrestrial D-TV tuner IC

Author

Tae Wook Kim ; Bonkee Kim

Author_Institution

Integrant Technol. Inc, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

187

Abstract

An RF digitally programmable gain amplifier for a terrestrial mobile digital-TV (terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting, integrated services digital broadcasting-terrestrial, and digital video broadcasting-handheld) is implemented using 0.18-μm CMOS technology. In order to attain a large gain range with fine step resolution, various new programmable gain amplifier architectures are proposed and verified by measurement. The fabricated integrated circuit shows 2.5-dB NF, -20-dBm IIP3, 45-dB voltage gain at highest gain mode in UHF band case, and 78-dB gain range with 0.4-dB resolution while consuming 15mA at 1.8-V supply voltage.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; circuit tuning; digital video broadcasting; low-power electronics; multimedia communication; radiofrequency amplifiers; radiofrequency integrated circuits; 0.18 micron; 1.8 V; 15 mA; 2.5 dB; 45 dB; 78 dB; CMOS technology; RF digitally programmable gain amplifier; digital video broadcasting-handheld; integrated services digital broadcasting-terrestrial; mobile terrestrial D-TV tuner IC; programmable gain amplifier architectures; terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting; terrestrial mobile digital-TV; Broadcast technology; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Digital video broadcasting; Multimedia communication; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Tuners; Digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H); RF programmable gain amplifier (RF PGA); gain range; integrated services digital broadcasting-terrestrial (ISDB-T); terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB); terrestrial mobile digital TV (D-TV); tuner;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2006.872130

Filename

1613890