A 410-mW 1.22-GHz downconverter in a dual-conversion tuner IC for OpenCable applications

Author

Montemayor, Raymond

Author_Institution

MaxLinear Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA

Volume

39

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

714

Lastpage

718

Abstract

A 1.22-GHz downconverter used in a dual-conversion tuner IC for OpenCable applications is presented. The downconverter is configured as an image-reject receiver and utilizes a trifilar transformer in conjunction with capacitively cross-coupled common-gate mixer input stages to achieve a large dynamic range with relatively low power consumption. Fabricated in a five-metal 0.35-μm, 27-GHz f_T, silicon-on-insulator BiCMOS technology and consuming 124 mA from a 3.3-V supply, it downconverts the input to an IF of 44 MHz and achieves 26-dB gain, 23-dB gain control range, 5.1-dB noise figure, 33-dBmV P_1dB, 56-dBmV IIP₃, -72-dBc composite triple beat (CTB), -60-dBc cross-modulation, and 30-dB image rejection.

Keywords

BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; cable television; circuit tuning; frequency convertors; low-power electronics; silicon-on-insulator; 0.35 micron; 1.22 GHz; 124 mA; 26 dB; 27 GHz; 3.3 V; 410 mW; 44 MHz; 5.1 dB; DOCSIS; Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification; OpenCable applications; capacitively cross-coupled common-gate mixer; composite triple beat; cross-modulation; downconverter; dual-conversion tuner IC; gain control; image rejection; image-reject receiver; low power consumption; noise figure; silicon-on-insulator BiCMOS technology; trifilar transformer; Application specific integrated circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Cable TV; Linearity; Low-noise amplifiers; Radio frequency; SAW filters; Silicon on insulator technology; Topology; Tuners;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2004.825117

Filename

1278592