A 2.4 GHz ultra-low power low-IF receiver and MUX-based transmitter for WPAN applications

Jingjing Chen; Weiyang Liu; Xiaodong Liu; Zhao Zhang; Liyuan Liu; Haiyong Wang; Nanjian Wu

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/065001

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A 2.4 GHz ultra-low power low-IF receiver and MUX-based transmitter for WPAN applications

Jingjing Chen, Weiyang Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Zhao Zhang, Liyuan Liu, Haiyong Wang and Nanjian Wu

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Corresponding author: Wu Nanjian, Email:nanjian@red.semi.ac.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/065001

Abstract: This paper presents a 2.4 GHz CMOS transceiver for the wireless personal area network (WPAN) integrated in 0.18 μm CMOS technology. This transceiver adopts a low-IF receiver, a MUX based transmitter and a fast-setting fractional-N frequency synthesizer. For achieving low cost and low power consumption, an inductor-less receiver front-end, an adaptive analog baseband, a low power MUX and a current-reused phase-locked loop (PLL) have been proposed in this work. Measured results show that the receiver achieves -8 dBm of ⅡP3 and 31 dB of image rejection. The transmitter delivers 0 dBm output power at a data rate of 2 Mbps. The current consumption is 7.2 mA in the receiving mode and 6.9 mA in the transmitting mode, respectively.

Key words: CMOS, low power, low-IF, MUX, RF transceiver, WPAN

References

[1]	Retz G, Shanan H, Mulvaney K, et al. A highly integrated low-power 2.4 GHz transceiver using a direct-conversion diversity receiver in 0.18μm CMOS for IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech papers, 2009:414 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4977484
[2]	Nguyen T K, Kim J, Seong N S, et al. A low power CMOS transceiver for 915 MHz band IEEE 802.15.4b standard. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2007:168 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4425757&filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A4425677%29
[3]	Eol Y S, Yu H J, Song S S, et al. A fully integrated 2.4 GHz low IF CMOS transceiver for 802.15.4 ZigBee applications. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2007:175 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4425756&punumber%3D4425676
[4]	Balankutty A, Yu S A, Feng Y, et al. A 0.6-V zero-IF/low-IF receiver with integrated fractional-N synthesizer for 2.4-GHz ISM-band applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 34(12):538 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=5419185&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND%28p_Publication_Number%3A4%29%26pageNumber%3D18%26rowsPerPage%3D100
[5]	Tedeschi M, Liscidini A, Castello R. Low-power quadrature receivers for ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45(9):1710 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2053861
[6]	Zhang Lingwei, Chi Baoyong, Qi Nan, et al. A lower power reconfigurable multi-band transceiver for short-range communication. Journal of Semiconductors, 2013, 34(3):035008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/3/035008
[7]	Feng P, Li Y, Wu N. An ultra low power non-volatile memory in standard CMOS process for passive RFID tags. IEEE Custom Integated Circuits Conference, 2009:713 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5280734
[8]	Wu J, Jiang P, Chen D, et al. A dual-band GNSS RF front end with a pseudo-differential LNA. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst Ⅱ:Exp Briefs, 2011, 58(3):134 doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2011.2106352
[9]	Lee S G, Choi J K. Current-reuse bleeding mixer. Electron Lett, 2000, 36(8):696 doi: 10.1049/el:20000556
[10]	Guthrie B, Hughes J, Sayers T, et al. A CMOS gyrator low-IF filter for a dual-mode Bluetooth/ZigBee transceiver. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2005, 40(9):1872 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.848146
[11]	Liu L, Li D, Chen L, et al. A 1 V 350μW 92 dB SNDR 24 kHz Δ Σ Modulator in 0.18μm CMOS. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2010 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=5716629
[12]	Liu Y H, Li C L, Lin T H. A 200-pJ/b MUX-based RF transmitter for implantable multichannel neural recording. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2009, 57(10):2533 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2029955
[13]	Kuang X F, Wu N J. A fast-settling PLL frequency synthesizer with direct frequency presetting. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech papers, 2006:204 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1696113
[14]	Kwon Y I, Park S G, Park T J, et al. An ultra low-power CMOS transceiv er using various low-power techniques for LR-WPAN applications. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst Ⅰ, 2012, 59(2):324 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2011.2162463
[15]	Zhang L, Jiang H, Wei J, et al. A reconfigurable sliding-IF transceiver for 400 MHz/2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.6/ZigBee WBAN hubs with only 21% tuning range VCO. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2013, 48(11):2705 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2274893
[16]	Raja M K, Chen X, Yan D L, et al. A 18 mW Tx, 22 mW Rx transceiver for 2.45 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN in 0.18-μm CMOS. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2010 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5716552

Fig. 1. The proposed transceiver architecture.

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Fig. 2. Schematic of the receiver front-end.

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Fig. 3. Schematic of the amplifiers. (a) Pre-amplifier. (b) Postamplifier.

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Fig. 4. Block diagram of the programmable gain amplifier.

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Fig. 5. Schematic of the phase MUX.

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Fig. 6. Schematic of the VGPA.

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Fig. 7. Schematic of the frequency synthesizer.

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Fig. 8. Microphotograph of the chip.

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Fig. 9. Measured input return loss of the receiver.

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Fig. 10. Measured IIP3 of the receiver.

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Fig. 11. Measured gain setting versus control word.

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Fig. 12. Measured output spectrum at 2 Mbps.

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Fig. 13. Measured TX characteristics.

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Fig. 14. Measured phase noise of the PLL.

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Table 1. Performance comparison.

[1]	Retz G, Shanan H, Mulvaney K, et al. A highly integrated low-power 2.4 GHz transceiver using a direct-conversion diversity receiver in 0.18μm CMOS for IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech papers, 2009:414 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4977484
[2]	Nguyen T K, Kim J, Seong N S, et al. A low power CMOS transceiver for 915 MHz band IEEE 802.15.4b standard. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2007:168 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4425757&filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A4425677%29
[3]	Eol Y S, Yu H J, Song S S, et al. A fully integrated 2.4 GHz low IF CMOS transceiver for 802.15.4 ZigBee applications. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2007:175 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4425756&punumber%3D4425676
[4]	Balankutty A, Yu S A, Feng Y, et al. A 0.6-V zero-IF/low-IF receiver with integrated fractional-N synthesizer for 2.4-GHz ISM-band applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 34(12):538 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=5419185&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND%28p_Publication_Number%3A4%29%26pageNumber%3D18%26rowsPerPage%3D100
[5]	Tedeschi M, Liscidini A, Castello R. Low-power quadrature receivers for ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45(9):1710 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2053861
[6]	Zhang Lingwei, Chi Baoyong, Qi Nan, et al. A lower power reconfigurable multi-band transceiver for short-range communication. Journal of Semiconductors, 2013, 34(3):035008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/3/035008
[7]	Feng P, Li Y, Wu N. An ultra low power non-volatile memory in standard CMOS process for passive RFID tags. IEEE Custom Integated Circuits Conference, 2009:713 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5280734
[8]	Wu J, Jiang P, Chen D, et al. A dual-band GNSS RF front end with a pseudo-differential LNA. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst Ⅱ:Exp Briefs, 2011, 58(3):134 doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2011.2106352
[9]	Lee S G, Choi J K. Current-reuse bleeding mixer. Electron Lett, 2000, 36(8):696 doi: 10.1049/el:20000556
[10]	Guthrie B, Hughes J, Sayers T, et al. A CMOS gyrator low-IF filter for a dual-mode Bluetooth/ZigBee transceiver. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2005, 40(9):1872 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.848146
[11]	Liu L, Li D, Chen L, et al. A 1 V 350μW 92 dB SNDR 24 kHz Δ Σ Modulator in 0.18μm CMOS. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2010 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=5716629
[12]	Liu Y H, Li C L, Lin T H. A 200-pJ/b MUX-based RF transmitter for implantable multichannel neural recording. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2009, 57(10):2533 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2029955
[13]	Kuang X F, Wu N J. A fast-settling PLL frequency synthesizer with direct frequency presetting. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech papers, 2006:204 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1696113
[14]	Kwon Y I, Park S G, Park T J, et al. An ultra low-power CMOS transceiv er using various low-power techniques for LR-WPAN applications. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst Ⅰ, 2012, 59(2):324 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2011.2162463
[15]	Zhang L, Jiang H, Wei J, et al. A reconfigurable sliding-IF transceiver for 400 MHz/2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.6/ZigBee WBAN hubs with only 21% tuning range VCO. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2013, 48(11):2705 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2274893
[16]	Raja M K, Chen X, Yan D L, et al. A 18 mW Tx, 22 mW Rx transceiver for 2.45 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN in 0.18-μm CMOS. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2010 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5716552

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Jingjing Chen, Weiyang Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Zhao Zhang, Liyuan Liu, Haiyong Wang, Nanjian Wu. A 2.4 GHz ultra-low power low-IF receiver and MUX-based transmitter for WPAN applications[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2014, 35(6): 065001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/065001 ****J J Chen, W Y Liu, X D Liu, Z Zhang, L Y Liu, H Y Wang, N J Wu. A 2.4 GHz ultra-low power low-IF receiver and MUX-based transmitter for WPAN applications[J]. J. Semicond., 2014, 35(6): 065001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/065001.

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A 2.4 GHz ultra-low power low-IF receiver and MUX-based transmitter for WPAN applications

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/065001

State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

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Corresponding author: Wu Nanjian, Email:nanjian@red.semi.ac.cn
Received Date: 2013-12-16
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This paper presents a 2.4 GHz CMOS transceiver for the wireless personal area network (WPAN) integrated in 0.18 μm CMOS technology. This transceiver adopts a low-IF receiver, a MUX based transmitter and a fast-setting fractional-N frequency synthesizer. For achieving low cost and low power consumption, an inductor-less receiver front-end, an adaptive analog baseband, a low power MUX and a current-reused phase-locked loop (PLL) have been proposed in this work. Measured results show that the receiver achieves -8 dBm of ⅡP3 and 31 dB of image rejection. The transmitter delivers 0 dBm output power at a data rate of 2 Mbps. The current consumption is 7.2 mA in the receiving mode and 6.9 mA in the transmitting mode, respectively.
- CMOS,
- low power,
- low-IF,
- MUX,
- RF transceiver,
- WPAN

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[1]	Retz G, Shanan H, Mulvaney K, et al. A highly integrated low-power 2.4 GHz transceiver using a direct-conversion diversity receiver in 0.18μm CMOS for IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech papers, 2009:414 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4977484
[2]	Nguyen T K, Kim J, Seong N S, et al. A low power CMOS transceiver for 915 MHz band IEEE 802.15.4b standard. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2007:168 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4425757&filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A4425677%29
[3]	Eol Y S, Yu H J, Song S S, et al. A fully integrated 2.4 GHz low IF CMOS transceiver for 802.15.4 ZigBee applications. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2007:175 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4425756&punumber%3D4425676
[4]	Balankutty A, Yu S A, Feng Y, et al. A 0.6-V zero-IF/low-IF receiver with integrated fractional-N synthesizer for 2.4-GHz ISM-band applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 34(12):538 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractKeywords.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=5419185&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND%28p_Publication_Number%3A4%29%26pageNumber%3D18%26rowsPerPage%3D100
[5]	Tedeschi M, Liscidini A, Castello R. Low-power quadrature receivers for ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45(9):1710 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2053861
[6]	Zhang Lingwei, Chi Baoyong, Qi Nan, et al. A lower power reconfigurable multi-band transceiver for short-range communication. Journal of Semiconductors, 2013, 34(3):035008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/3/035008
[7]	Feng P, Li Y, Wu N. An ultra low power non-volatile memory in standard CMOS process for passive RFID tags. IEEE Custom Integated Circuits Conference, 2009:713 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5280734
[8]	Wu J, Jiang P, Chen D, et al. A dual-band GNSS RF front end with a pseudo-differential LNA. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst Ⅱ:Exp Briefs, 2011, 58(3):134 doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2011.2106352
[9]	Lee S G, Choi J K. Current-reuse bleeding mixer. Electron Lett, 2000, 36(8):696 doi: 10.1049/el:20000556
[10]	Guthrie B, Hughes J, Sayers T, et al. A CMOS gyrator low-IF filter for a dual-mode Bluetooth/ZigBee transceiver. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2005, 40(9):1872 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.848146
[11]	Liu L, Li D, Chen L, et al. A 1 V 350μW 92 dB SNDR 24 kHz Δ Σ Modulator in 0.18μm CMOS. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2010 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=5716629
[12]	Liu Y H, Li C L, Lin T H. A 200-pJ/b MUX-based RF transmitter for implantable multichannel neural recording. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2009, 57(10):2533 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2029955
[13]	Kuang X F, Wu N J. A fast-settling PLL frequency synthesizer with direct frequency presetting. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech papers, 2006:204 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1696113
[14]	Kwon Y I, Park S G, Park T J, et al. An ultra low-power CMOS transceiv er using various low-power techniques for LR-WPAN applications. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst Ⅰ, 2012, 59(2):324 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2011.2162463
[15]	Zhang L, Jiang H, Wei J, et al. A reconfigurable sliding-IF transceiver for 400 MHz/2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.6/ZigBee WBAN hubs with only 21% tuning range VCO. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2013, 48(11):2705 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2274893
[16]	Raja M K, Chen X, Yan D L, et al. A 18 mW Tx, 22 mW Rx transceiver for 2.45 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN in 0.18-μm CMOS. IEEE ASSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2010 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5716552

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