Wide Band 6 GHz Upconverter Using 0.18 mu m CMOS Technology for Satellite Communication

Yuan Chun Li; Quan Xue

Wide Band 6 GHz Upconverter Using 0.18 mu m CMOS Technology for Satellite Communication

Yuan Chun Li^*
, Quan Xue

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Electrical Engineering

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

This paper presents a wide band upconverter which consists of an inductance switched voltage control oscillator (VCO) and up-conversion mixer. In order to enhance the oscillating frequency range, the VCO has 3-bit control function with switchable inductance. Therefore, it could offer a wide band local oscillator (LO) signal for the upconverter. Meanwhile, the upconverter employs double balanced Gilbert structure to obtain good LO and RF isolation. The monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) is realized on 0.18 pm CMOS process. The measured results verify that by using the inductance switched VCO, the converter realizes-3 dB conversion gain in a wide band from 5.25 GHz to 6.55 GHz. The compression point P1dB is-12 dBm and the power consumption is 66 mW.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ELECTROMAGNETICS: APPLICATIONS AND STUDENT INNOVATION COMPETITION (IWEM)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM2016): Applications and Student Innovation Competition - Nanjing, China Duration: 16 May 2016 → 18 May 2016

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Conference	2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM2016): Applications and Student Innovation Competition
Place	China
City	Nanjing
Period	16/05/16 → 18/05/16

Research Keywords

Voltage control oscillator (VCO)
up conversion mixer
monolithic microwave integrated circuit (M1VI1C)
local oscillator (LO)
CONVERSION MIXER
TRANSMITTER

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Wide Band 6 GHz Upconverter Using 0.18 mu m CMOS Technology for Satellite Communication. / Li, Yuan Chun; Xue, Quan.
2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ELECTROMAGNETICS: APPLICATIONS AND STUDENT INNOVATION COMPETITION (IWEM). IEEE, 2016.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Wide Band 6 GHz Upconverter Using 0.18 mu m CMOS Technology for Satellite Communication

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