一种用于无线接收机的噪声整形可重构复数带通/低通滤波器的设计

A reconfigurable complex band-pass （CBP）/low-pass （LP） active-RC filter with a noise-shaping technique for wireless receivers is presented. Its bandwidth is reconfigurable among 500 kHz, 1 MHz and 4 MHz in LP mode and 1 MHz, 2 MHz and 8 MHz in CBP mode with 3 MHz center frequency. The Op-Amps used in the filter are realized in cell arrays in order to obtain scalable power consumption among the different operation modes. Furthermore, the filter can be configured into the 1st order, 2nd order or 3rd order mode, thus achieving a flexible filtering property. The noise-shaping technique is introduced to suppress the flicker noise contribution. The filter has been implemented in 180 nm CMOS and consumes less than 3 mA in the 3rd 8 MHz-bandwidth CBP mode. The spot noise at 100 Hz can be reduced by 14.4 dB at most with the introduced noise-shaping technique.     

基于包络检测的射频功率放大器平均效率提高技术

提出了一种基于包络检测的射频功率放大器平均效率提高技术。该技术通过片上集成的包络检测器检测输入信号强度,通过动态配置功率放大管的尺寸,并调节输出阻抗匹配网络优化负载阻抗,提高功率放大器在低输出功率下的效率,达到提高功率放大器平均效率的目的。电路采用0.18 μm CMOS工艺实现,后仿真结果表明,在高输出功率模式下,该射频功率放大器的输出1 dB压缩点为18.05 dBm,PAE为30.2%;在两档低输出功率模式下的输出1 dB压缩点分别为14.9 dBm和11 dBm,PAE分别为24.11%和17.1%。     

A Class-C VCO Based Σ-Δ Fraction-N Frequency Synthesizer with AFC for 802.11ah Applications

A 1.4-2 GHz phase-locked loop (PLL) Σ-Δ fraction-N frequency synthesizer with automatic frequency control (AFC) for 802.11ah applications is presented. A class-C voltage control oscillator (VCO) ranging from 1.4 to 2 GHz is integrated on-chip to save power for the sub-GHz band. A novel AFC algorithm is introduced to maintain the VCO oscillation at the start-up and automatically search for the appropriate control word of the switched-capacitor array to extend the PLL tuning range. A 20-bit third-order Σ-Δ modulator is utilized to reduce the fraction spurs while achieving a frequency resolution that is lower than 30 Hz. The measurement results show that the frequency synthesizer has achieved a phase noise of < -120 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset and consumes 11.1 mW from a 1.7 V supply. Moreover, compared with the traditional class-A counterparts, the phase noise in class-C mode has been improved by 5 dB under the same power consumption.