A 1-GHZ BICMOS RF FRONT-END IC

Authors
MEYER RG MACK WD
Citation
Rg. Meyer et Wd. Mack, A 1-GHZ BICMOS RF FRONT-END IC, IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 29(3), 1994, pp. 350-355
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE journal of solid-state circuits → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189200
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
350 - 355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9200(1994)29:3<350:A1BRFI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
An RF front-end IC containing a low-noise amplifier and mixer is descr ibed. On-chip temperature and supply-voltage compensation is used to s tabilize circuit performance. Realized in a BiCMOS process, the circui t consumes 13.0-mA total current from a 5-V supply. The amplifier gain at 900 MHz is 16 dB, the noise figure is 2.2 dB, and the input third- order intermodulation intercept is -10 dBm. The n-mixer input third-or der intermodulation intercept is +6 dBm with 15.8 dB noise figure.