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23.4 A 167 μw 71.7dB-SFDR 2.4GHz BLE Receiver Using a Passive Quadrature-Front-End, a Double-Sided Double-Balanced Cascaded Mixer and a Dual-Transformer-Coupled Class-D VCO
Shao, Haijun1; Martins, Rui P.1,2; Mak, Pui In1
2024-03-13
Conference Name2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Source PublicationDigest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Pages406-408
Conference Date18-22 February 2024
Conference PlaceSan Francisco
CountryUSA
PublisherIEEE
Abstract

The Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) receivers evolved from their traditional active RF frontends [1,2] to recent passive RF front-ends [3,4] that aim to improve the power efficiency and blocker resilience. Without the bias current and nonlinearity of the gm-based LNA, a passive-intensive design with mainly inductor (transformer), capacitor and switch, allows substantial power saving and better linearity, while preserving a noise figure (NF) adequate for short-range IoT connectivity. Yet, the I/Q LO generation still bottlenecks the power reduction, as it primarily involves a double-frequency VCO, a divider-by-2 and LO buffers. This paper reports a 167μW 2.4GHz BLE receiver featuring a number of passive-intensive RF functions. Specifically, the co-design between a passive quadraturefront-end (QFE) and a 2.4GHz dual-transformer-coupled Class-D VCO averts the power-hungry divider-by-2 and LO buffers. Together with a double-side double-balanced (DSDB) cascaded mixer and a hybrid low-IF filter, our receiver achieves 71dB gain, an 8.5dB NF and a 20.1dBm out-of-band (OOB) IIP3. It corresponds to a 71.7dB spuriousfree dynamic range (SFDR) that determines the capability of the receiver to tolerate the blockers [3].

DOI10.1109/ISSCC49657.2024.10454307
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Language英語English
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85188113876
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Document TypeConference paper
CollectionFaculty of Science and Technology
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Affiliation1.University of Macau, Macao
2.University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Shao, Haijun,Martins, Rui P.,Mak, Pui In. 23.4 A 167 μw 71.7dB-SFDR 2.4GHz BLE Receiver Using a Passive Quadrature-Front-End, a Double-Sided Double-Balanced Cascaded Mixer and a Dual-Transformer-Coupled Class-D VCO[C]:IEEE, 2024, 406-408.
APA Shao, Haijun., Martins, Rui P.., & Mak, Pui In (2024). 23.4 A 167 μw 71.7dB-SFDR 2.4GHz BLE Receiver Using a Passive Quadrature-Front-End, a Double-Sided Double-Balanced Cascaded Mixer and a Dual-Transformer-Coupled Class-D VCO. Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 406-408.
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