A direct conversion CMOS transceiver for IEEE 802.11a WLANs

A 0.18μm CMOS transceiver fully compliant with IEEE 802.11a in the U-NII band (5.15 - 5.35GHz) achieves a sensitivity of -69dBm and an EVM of -29.3dB for 64 QAM. Power dissipation is 171 mW in RX and 138mW in TX using a 1.8V supply.

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Main Authors: Pengfei Zhang, Thai Nguyen, Lam, C., Gambetta, D., Soorapanth, C., Baohong Cheng, Hart, S., Sever, I., Bourdi, T., Tham, A., Razavi, B.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Baseband
Frequency synthesizers
Gain control
Low pass filters
Noise figure
Silicon
Transceivers
Voltage
Voltage-controlled oscillators
Wireless LAN
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Summary:A 0.18μm CMOS transceiver fully compliant with IEEE 802.11a in the U-NII band (5.15 - 5.35GHz) achieves a sensitivity of -69dBm and an EVM of -29.3dB for 64 QAM. Power dissipation is 171 mW in RX and 138mW in TX using a 1.8V supply.
ISSN:0193-6530
2376-8606
DOI:10.1109/ISSCC.2003.1234332