A fully integrated multiband MIMO WLAN transceiver RFIC

被引:36
作者
Rahn, DG [1 ]
Cavin, MS
Dai, FF
Fong, NHW
Griffith, R
Macedo, J
Moore, AD
Rogers, JWA
Toner, M
机构
[1] RFMD, Greensboro, NC 27409 USA
[2] Aleron Inc, Austin, TX 78731 USA
[3] Auburn Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
[4] Via Technol, Fremont, CA 94539 USA
[5] Skyworks Solut Inc, Ottawa, ON K1V 1C1, Canada
[6] Carleton Univ, Dept Elect, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
[7] Potentia Semicond, Ottawa, ON K2K 2A4, Canada
关键词
802.11; a/b/g; multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO); RFIC; SiGe; transceivers; wireless communications; wireless LAN (WLAN);
D O I
10.1109/JSSC.2005.852419
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver RFIC compliant with IEEE 802.11a/b/g and Japan wireless LAN (WLAN) standards is presented. The transceiver has two complete radio paths integrated on the same chip. When two chips are used in tandem to form a four-path composite beam forming (CBF) system, 15 dB of link margin improvement is obtained. The transceiver was implemented in a 47-GHz SiGe technology with 29.1-mm(2) die size. It consumes 195 mA in RX mode and 240 mA in TX mode from a 2.75-V supply.
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页码:1629 / 1641
页数:13
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