RF Receiver Front-End Chip Design with Antenna for Ultra-wideband Applications

Abstract

The proposed radio frequency receiver front-end applying for ultra-wideband applications is presented in article design from tsmc 0.18um CMOS 1P6M processing for ultrawideband applications. The low power RF receiver front-end design consists of distributed low noise amplifier with wake-up receiver, double balance mixer with broadband balun, Colpitts quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator and bandpass Gm-C loop filter. A novel approach with Gm-Cbandpass loop filter instead of a conventional passive loop filter used in distributed low noise amplifier with wake-up receiver can promote excellence gain and low power consumption. An integrated, low-phase noise Colpitts quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO) and double balance mixer and balun are presented. Experimental results of the integrated circuit exhibit optimized performance with ultrawideband antenna.