A Multistandard RF Receiver Front-End Using a Reconfigurable FBAR Filter

This article presents a dual-standard RF receiver front-end (RFFE). It consists of a reconfigurable FBAR filter using MEMS switches, a dual-standard low-noise amplifier (LNA), an active single-to-differential converter (SDC) and I/Q down conversion mixers. The proposed RFFE is targeted to W-LAN 802....

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Published in2006 IEEE North-East Workshop on Circuits and Systems pp. 173 - 176
Main Authors El Hassan, M., Moreira, C.P., Shirakawa, A.A., Kerherve, E., Deval, Y., Belot, D., Cathelin, A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2006
Subjects
Acoustic waves
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Film bulk acoustic resonators
Low-noise amplifiers
Microswitches
Multiaccess communication
Radio frequency
Resonator filters
Switching converters
Wireless LAN
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Summary:This article presents a dual-standard RF receiver front-end (RFFE). It consists of a reconfigurable FBAR filter using MEMS switches, a dual-standard low-noise amplifier (LNA), an active single-to-differential converter (SDC) and I/Q down conversion mixers. The proposed RFFE is targeted to W-LAN 802.11b/g (2.4-2.48 GHz) and W-CDMA-FDD (2.11-2.17 GHz) wireless standards. The active blocks use the 0.25-μm SiGe:C BiCMOS process from STMicroelectronics. The feasibility of BiCMOS compatible integrated tunable FBAR filter in BAW technology enables a very compact solution through module integration
ISBN:1424404169
9781424404162
DOI:10.1109/NEWCAS.2006.250958