Sensitivity degradation in a tri-band GSM BiCMOS direct-conversion receiver caused by transient substrate heating
Författare
Summary, in English
An analysis of transient thermal substrate effects impairing the sensitivity of the DCS path in a tri-band GSM/DCS/PCS BiCMOS radio receiver is presented in this paper. A simple thermal model of the substrate is employed, enabling concurrent electrothermal circuit-substrate simulations within a standard analog circuit simulator. Simulation results obtained with this approach match very closely the measured data, and are used to predict the sensitivity of different circuit layout configurations to thermal gradients in the substrate. Following the guidelines suggested by these analyses, a redesigned version of the receiver displays a sensitivity improvement of 2 dB to 4 dB.
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
486-496
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Volym
43
Issue
2
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Ämne
- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Analog RF
- Data converters & RF
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0018-9200