A lower power reconfigurable multi-band transceiver for short-range communication

Lingwei Zhang; Baoyong Chi; Nan Qi; Liyuan Liu; Hanjun Jiang; Zhihua Wang

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/34/3/035008

J. Semicond. > 2013, Volume 34 > Issue 3 > 035008, doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/3/035008

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A lower power reconfigurable multi-band transceiver for short-range communication

Lingwei Zhang^1,, Baoyong Chi¹, Nan Qi¹, Liyuan Liu², Hanjun Jiang¹ and Zhihua Wang¹

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Corresponding author: Zhang Lingwei, zlw03@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract: A reconfigurable multi-mode multi-band transceiver for low power short-range wireless communication applications is presented. Its low intermediate frequency (IF) receiver with 3 MHz IF carrier frequency and the direct-conversion transmitter support reconfigurable signal bandwidths from 250 kHz to 2 MHz and support a highest data rate of 3 Mbps for MSK modulation. An integrated multi-band PLL frequency synthesizer is utilized to provide the quadrature LO signals from about 300 MHz to 1 GHz for the transceiver multi-band application. The transceiver has been implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS process. The measurement results at the maximum gain mode show that the receiver achieves a noise figure (NF) of 4.9/5.5 dB and an input 3rd order intermodulation point (ⅡP3) of -19.6/-18.2 dBm in 400/900 MHz band. The transmitter working in 400/900 MHz band can deliver 10.2/7.3 dBm power to a 50 Ω load. The transceiver consumes 32.9/35.6 mW in receive mode and 47.4/50.1 mW in transmit mode in 400/900 MHz band, respectively.

Key words: transceiver, CMOS, reconfigurable, low power circuit

References

[1]	Wong A, Kathiresan G, Chan C, et al. A 1 V wireless transceiver for an ultra-low-power SoC for biotelemetry applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2008, 43(7):1511 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.923717
[2]	Quinlan P, Crowley P, Chanca M, et al. A multimode 0.3-200-kb/s transceiver for the 433/868/915-MHz bands in 0.25-μm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2004, 39(12):2297 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836330
[3]	Zhang Qi, Kuang Xiaofei, Wu Nanjian. An ultra-low-power RF transceiver for WBANs in medical applications. Journal of Semiconductors, 2011, 32(6):065008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065008
[4]	Peiris V, Arm C, Bories S, et al. A 1 V 433/868 MHz 25 kb/s-FSK 2 kb/s-OOK RF transceiver SoC in standard digital 0.18μm CMOS. IEEE ISSCC Dige Tec Papers, 2005, 48:258
[5]	Li Guofeng, Wu Nanjian. A low power flexible PGA for software defined radio systems. Journal of Semiconductors, 2012, 33(5):055006 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/5/055006
[6]	FCC Rules and Regulations, MICS Band Plan, http://www.fcc.gov
[7]	China Radio Management. Technology regulations for micro-power short-range wireless device. http://www.miit.gov.cn
[8]	Crols J, Steyaert M. Low-IF topologies for high-performance analog front ends of fully integrated receivers. IEEE Trans Circuit Syst Ⅱ, 1998, 45(3):269 doi: 10.1109/82.664233
[9]	El-Nozahi M, Sánchez-Sinencio E. Power-aware multiband-multistandard CMOS receiver system-level budgeting. IEEE Trans Circuit Syst Ⅱ, 2009, 56(7):570 doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2009.2023353
[10]	Belmas F, Hameau F, Foumier J. A low power inductorless LNA with double Gm enhancement in 130 nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2012, 47(5):1094 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2185533
[11]	Majima H, Ishikuro H, Agawa K, et al. A 1.2 V CMOS complex bandpass filter with a tunable center frequency. IEEE ESSCIRC Proceeding, 2005, 30:327 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10265/32889/01541626.pdf
[12]	Wu Ende, Yao Jinke, Wang Zhihua. 9 MHz active-RC filter with on-chip digital controlled frequency tuning. Chinese Journal of Semiconductors, 2005, 26(6):1250 http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1434841108000253
[13]	Yang C, Mason A. Precise RSSI with high process variation tolerance. IEEE ISCAS, 2007:2870 http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iscas/iscas2007.html#YangM07
[14]	Richards A. DC blocking amplifier. USA Patent, No. 5073760, 1991
[15]	Palmisano G, Salerno R. A replica biasing for constant-gain CMOS open-loop amplifiers. IEEE ISCAS, 1998, 2:363 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
[16]	Kim S, Lepkowski W, Wilk S, et al. A low-power CMOS BFSK transceiver for health monitoring systems. IEEE Biomedical Circuit Syst Conf, 2011:157 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6107751

Fig. 1. Block diagram of the presented reconfigurable multi-mode multi-band transceiver.

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Fig. 3. Block diagram of the presented reconfigurable multi-mode multi-band transceiver.

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Fig. 3. Schematic of the wideband LNA.

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Fig. 4. S-parameter simulation results of the wideband LNA.

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Fig. 5. Third-order Bessel active-RC complex band-pass filter.

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Fig. 6. Two stage op-amp with Miller compensation and start-up circuit.

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Fig. 7. Automatic frequency tuning circuit.

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Fig. 8. Block diagram of RSSI.

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Fig. 9. Forward DC coupling method used in RSSI.

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Fig. 10. Simplified schematic of PA.

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Fig. 11. Microphotograph of the presented transceiver.

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Fig. 12. Measured gain and NF versus frequency of the receiver.

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Fig. 13. Measured IIP3 of the receiver front-end in 900 MHz band.

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Fig. 14. Measured frequency response curves of the RX analog IF blocks with different signal bandwidth and gain settings.

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Fig. 15. Measured RSSI linearity performance.

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Fig. 16. Measured output power versus the input power of the transmitter.

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Fig. 17. Measured phase noise of the frequency synthesizer.

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Table 1. Performance summary.

[1]	Wong A, Kathiresan G, Chan C, et al. A 1 V wireless transceiver for an ultra-low-power SoC for biotelemetry applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2008, 43(7):1511 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.923717
[2]	Quinlan P, Crowley P, Chanca M, et al. A multimode 0.3-200-kb/s transceiver for the 433/868/915-MHz bands in 0.25-μm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2004, 39(12):2297 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836330
[3]	Zhang Qi, Kuang Xiaofei, Wu Nanjian. An ultra-low-power RF transceiver for WBANs in medical applications. Journal of Semiconductors, 2011, 32(6):065008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065008
[4]	Peiris V, Arm C, Bories S, et al. A 1 V 433/868 MHz 25 kb/s-FSK 2 kb/s-OOK RF transceiver SoC in standard digital 0.18μm CMOS. IEEE ISSCC Dige Tec Papers, 2005, 48:258
[5]	Li Guofeng, Wu Nanjian. A low power flexible PGA for software defined radio systems. Journal of Semiconductors, 2012, 33(5):055006 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/5/055006
[6]	FCC Rules and Regulations, MICS Band Plan, http://www.fcc.gov
[7]	China Radio Management. Technology regulations for micro-power short-range wireless device. http://www.miit.gov.cn
[8]	Crols J, Steyaert M. Low-IF topologies for high-performance analog front ends of fully integrated receivers. IEEE Trans Circuit Syst Ⅱ, 1998, 45(3):269 doi: 10.1109/82.664233
[9]	El-Nozahi M, Sánchez-Sinencio E. Power-aware multiband-multistandard CMOS receiver system-level budgeting. IEEE Trans Circuit Syst Ⅱ, 2009, 56(7):570 doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2009.2023353
[10]	Belmas F, Hameau F, Foumier J. A low power inductorless LNA with double Gm enhancement in 130 nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2012, 47(5):1094 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2185533
[11]	Majima H, Ishikuro H, Agawa K, et al. A 1.2 V CMOS complex bandpass filter with a tunable center frequency. IEEE ESSCIRC Proceeding, 2005, 30:327 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10265/32889/01541626.pdf
[12]	Wu Ende, Yao Jinke, Wang Zhihua. 9 MHz active-RC filter with on-chip digital controlled frequency tuning. Chinese Journal of Semiconductors, 2005, 26(6):1250 http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1434841108000253
[13]	Yang C, Mason A. Precise RSSI with high process variation tolerance. IEEE ISCAS, 2007:2870 http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iscas/iscas2007.html#YangM07
[14]	Richards A. DC blocking amplifier. USA Patent, No. 5073760, 1991
[15]	Palmisano G, Salerno R. A replica biasing for constant-gain CMOS open-loop amplifiers. IEEE ISCAS, 1998, 2:363 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
[16]	Kim S, Lepkowski W, Wilk S, et al. A low-power CMOS BFSK transceiver for health monitoring systems. IEEE Biomedical Circuit Syst Conf, 2011:157 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6107751

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Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

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Corresponding author: Zhang Lingwei, zlw03@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Received Date: 2012-08-01
Revised Date: 2012-08-27
Published Date: 2013-03-01

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A reconfigurable multi-mode multi-band transceiver for low power short-range wireless communication applications is presented. Its low intermediate frequency (IF) receiver with 3 MHz IF carrier frequency and the direct-conversion transmitter support reconfigurable signal bandwidths from 250 kHz to 2 MHz and support a highest data rate of 3 Mbps for MSK modulation. An integrated multi-band PLL frequency synthesizer is utilized to provide the quadrature LO signals from about 300 MHz to 1 GHz for the transceiver multi-band application. The transceiver has been implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS process. The measurement results at the maximum gain mode show that the receiver achieves a noise figure (NF) of 4.9/5.5 dB and an input 3rd order intermodulation point (ⅡP3) of -19.6/-18.2 dBm in 400/900 MHz band. The transmitter working in 400/900 MHz band can deliver 10.2/7.3 dBm power to a 50 Ω load. The transceiver consumes 32.9/35.6 mW in receive mode and 47.4/50.1 mW in transmit mode in 400/900 MHz band, respectively.
- transceiver,
- CMOS,
- reconfigurable,
- low power circuit

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[1]	Wong A, Kathiresan G, Chan C, et al. A 1 V wireless transceiver for an ultra-low-power SoC for biotelemetry applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2008, 43(7):1511 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.923717
[2]	Quinlan P, Crowley P, Chanca M, et al. A multimode 0.3-200-kb/s transceiver for the 433/868/915-MHz bands in 0.25-μm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2004, 39(12):2297 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836330
[3]	Zhang Qi, Kuang Xiaofei, Wu Nanjian. An ultra-low-power RF transceiver for WBANs in medical applications. Journal of Semiconductors, 2011, 32(6):065008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065008
[4]	Peiris V, Arm C, Bories S, et al. A 1 V 433/868 MHz 25 kb/s-FSK 2 kb/s-OOK RF transceiver SoC in standard digital 0.18μm CMOS. IEEE ISSCC Dige Tec Papers, 2005, 48:258
[5]	Li Guofeng, Wu Nanjian. A low power flexible PGA for software defined radio systems. Journal of Semiconductors, 2012, 33(5):055006 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/5/055006
[6]	FCC Rules and Regulations, MICS Band Plan, http://www.fcc.gov
[7]	China Radio Management. Technology regulations for micro-power short-range wireless device. http://www.miit.gov.cn
[8]	Crols J, Steyaert M. Low-IF topologies for high-performance analog front ends of fully integrated receivers. IEEE Trans Circuit Syst Ⅱ, 1998, 45(3):269 doi: 10.1109/82.664233
[9]	El-Nozahi M, Sánchez-Sinencio E. Power-aware multiband-multistandard CMOS receiver system-level budgeting. IEEE Trans Circuit Syst Ⅱ, 2009, 56(7):570 doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2009.2023353
[10]	Belmas F, Hameau F, Foumier J. A low power inductorless LNA with double Gm enhancement in 130 nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2012, 47(5):1094 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2185533
[11]	Majima H, Ishikuro H, Agawa K, et al. A 1.2 V CMOS complex bandpass filter with a tunable center frequency. IEEE ESSCIRC Proceeding, 2005, 30:327 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10265/32889/01541626.pdf
[12]	Wu Ende, Yao Jinke, Wang Zhihua. 9 MHz active-RC filter with on-chip digital controlled frequency tuning. Chinese Journal of Semiconductors, 2005, 26(6):1250 http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1434841108000253
[13]	Yang C, Mason A. Precise RSSI with high process variation tolerance. IEEE ISCAS, 2007:2870 http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iscas/iscas2007.html#YangM07
[14]	Richards A. DC blocking amplifier. USA Patent, No. 5073760, 1991
[15]	Palmisano G, Salerno R. A replica biasing for constant-gain CMOS open-loop amplifiers. IEEE ISCAS, 1998, 2:363 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
[16]	Kim S, Lepkowski W, Wilk S, et al. A low-power CMOS BFSK transceiver for health monitoring systems. IEEE Biomedical Circuit Syst Conf, 2011:157 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6107751

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