One of the key building blocks in a direct-conversion receiver is the low noise amplifier (LNA), which needs to provide a sufficient gain with a low noise figure for the RF front-end. However, the wideband nature of the receiver imposes harsh requirements on the LNA. It is difficult to achieve desired performance goals over the wide frequency range without excessive power consumption. To deal with this problem, this thesis proposes a novel band-selective UWB LNA. Utilizing the frequency hopping property of the MB-OFDM system, the proposed method switches the operating frequency of the LNA in real time following the MB-OFDM's hopping pattern so that optimal gain and noise performance can be achieved in each frequency band. Unlike the conventional approach, this LNA does not need to cover the entire band simultaneously, thus excessive power consumption is avoided. Fabricated in a 0.18-mum CMOS process, the proposed LNA achieves a peak power gain of 16 dB and a minimum noise figure of 2.74 dB at a low power consumption of less than 12 mW. / Other challenges in direct-conversion MB-OFDM receivers include ultra-short band switching time and wide LO frequency range. The single-sideband (SSB) generation is an attractive method for a fast-hopping multi-band LO generator. However, it involves LO frequency synthesis in an open-loop architecture, and thus the spurious-tone performance becomes critical in maintaining the LO signal integrity. Since the accuracy of the SSB generation and the spurious-tone power are difficult to control in a high-frequency operation, a 4.5-GHz SSB upconverter system was fabricated in a standard 0.18-mum CMOS process to investigate its performance against process variation. Some precise quadrature signal generation circuits such as divider and polyphase filter are employed. Experimental results show that the fabricated SSB upconverter system achieves image rejection of higher than 48 dB and spurious-tone suppression of higher than 32 dB. / The use of an active downconversion mixer is an alternative to relax the LNA requirements for direct-conversion MB-OFDM UWB receivers. However, its linearity becomes a problem when the bandwidth is ultra wide. In this thesis, the static current bleeding technique is used in the UWB downconversion mixer to improve its linearity. By injecting a DC current to the RF transconductor for linearization, the mixer's transconductance is enhanced while the noise from the LO switches is not affected. As a result, the conversion gain increases and the noise figure improves. Fabricated in a 0.18-mum CMOS process, the UWB downconversion mixer achieves a peak conversion gain of 4.1 dB, a peak IIP3 of --2.5 dBm, and a minimum double-sideband (DSB) noise figure of 11.7 dB at a low power consumption of 6 mW. / Ultra-wideband (UWB) is a short-range, high-data-rate communication system for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) based on the IEEE 802.15.3a physical layer standard. The allocated frequency range is from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, in which 14 bands are defined. The first band group, which is assigned to the mandatory Mode 1 devices, consists of three bands. In UWB systems, multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) is the dominant modulation scheme for its high spectral flexibility and its similarity in communication architecture with other existing wireless communication standards, such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g and WiMAX. For practical reasons, the direct-conversion architecture is widely considered the best architecture to implement an MB-OFDM UWB receiver, which has advantages of low power consumption and high integration level. Nevertheless, there are some performance limitations in direct-conversion MB-OFDM UWB receivers. In this thesis, some key building blocks in the RF front-end of the direct-conversion MB-OFDM UWB receivers for use in Mode 1 devices are investigated to overcome such limitations. / Tang, Siu Kei. / "May 2008." / Adviser: Pun Kong Pang. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-03, Section: B, page: 1857. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-169). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_344183 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Tang, Siu Kei., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, theses |
| Format | electronic resource, microform, microfiche, 1 online resource (xviii, 169 p. : ill.) |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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