An Integrated Si BiCMOS RF Transceiver for 900 MHz GSM Digital Handset Application (I) : RF Receiver Section

900MHz GSM 디지털 단말기용 Si BiCMOS RF송수신 IC개발 (I) : RF수신단

A single RF transceiver chip for an extended GSM handset application was designedm, fabricated and evaluated. A RFIC was fabricated by using silicon BiCMOS process, and then packaged in 80 pin TQFP of $10 {\times} 10 mm^{2}$ in size. As a result, it was achieved guite reasonable integraty and good RF performance at the operation voltage of 3.3V. This paper describes development results of RF receiver section of the RFIC, which includes LNA, down conversion mixer, AGC, switched capacitor filter and down sampling mixer. The test results show that RF receiver section is well operated within frequency range of 925 ~960 MHz, which is defined on the extended GSM specification (E-GSM). The receiver section also reveals moderate power consumption of 67 mA and minimum detectable signal of -105 dBm.

본 논문에서는 E-GSM 단말기용 Transceiver RFIC 칩 수신단의 회로설계, 제작 및 특성측정을 수행하였다. AMS사의 0.8${\mu}m$ 실리콘 BiCMOS 공정을 사용하여 $10 {\times} 10 mm$ 크기를 갖는 80핀 TQFP 패키지로 제작하였으며, 동작전압 3.3V에서 우수한 RF 성능을 얻었다. 제작된 RFIC의 수신단에는 LNA, Down Conversion Mixer, AGC, SW-CAP 및 Down Sampling Mixer를 포함하고 있으며, 제작된 RFIC의 사용 주파수 범위는 925 ~ 960MHz, 전류소모는 67mA, 최소검출레벨은 -105dBm의 특성을 얻었다.