Single Chip Transmitter with Integrated Up-converter and PLL for Ku-band M2M Applications

This paper describes a Ku-band up-converter for low cost satellite Machine to Machine (M2M) applications. The up-converter comprises a heterodyne sliding-IF architecture. This converts the baseband input signal (0 - 20 MHz) to the RF output signal (13.75 -14.75 GHz). The necessary Local Oscillator (...

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Published in2020 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) pp. 181 - 184
Main Authors van Wanum, Maurice, Lia, Enrico, de Boer, Lex, Bronts, Lennaert, Rodenburg, Marien, Jacobs, Bas, Inacio, Ana Ines, van Heijningen, Marc, van Vliet, Frank E.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published EuMA 10.01.2021
Subjects
Attenuator
Frequency measurement
Heterodyne
Ku-band
Machine-to-machine communications
Microwave measurement
Phase locked loops
Satellites
System-on-chip
Transmitters
Up-converter
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Summary:This paper describes a Ku-band up-converter for low cost satellite Machine to Machine (M2M) applications. The up-converter comprises a heterodyne sliding-IF architecture. This converts the baseband input signal (0 - 20 MHz) to the RF output signal (13.75 -14.75 GHz). The necessary Local Oscillator (LO) signals are generated by an on-chip integrated fractional-N PLL. This integration allows for a cost reduction with respect to currently available solutions.