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1J.Dbrowski, Intro to RF Front-End Design1
Introduction to RF Front-End Design
Jerzy DbrowskiDivision of Electronic Devices
Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY)Linkping University
e-mail: jdab@isy.liu.se
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Objectives of the course
Learn principles of wireless digital communication transceivers
Gain knowledge of RF front-end circuits Learn basic design methods and techniques
for RF circuit design in CMOS technology Understand the related possibilities and
limitations
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Organization of the course
Lectures 8 x 2h Laboratory work 3 x 4h (guided by Henrik
Fredriksson and Rashad Ramzan) Project work (Simulink/Cadence Spectre) Individual reports Course books:
B. Razavi, RF Microelectronics, Prentice-Hall, 1998 T.H. Lee, The Design of CMOS RF Integrated Circuits,
Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998/2004
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Outline of the lecture
Wireless communication systems today Digital communication RF channel Digital modulation techniques Multiple access techniques Digital RF transceiver at glance CMOS RF design issues Summary
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Wireless Communication Systems Today
WLANBluetooth
DECTPHS
CT1/CT2EDGE, GSM IS-54/IS-95
PDCGPS
Satellite
Paging
10m 100m 1000m 10km 100km 1000km Range
Bit Ratekb/sec
1
10
100
1000
In-door
Cordless
Cellular
4G directionsAlso many other wireless applications and gadgetsUMTS
CDMA2000
Zigbee
10,000
UWB100,000
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Overview of PCS Standards
1 W1, 2, 11Mb/s
QPSK25 ppm3000 kHz
2400-2483CDMA802.11b(DSSS)
0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 2W
3840 (max)
QPSK0.1 ppm5000 kHz
1920-1980 (Tx)2110-2170 (Rx)
W-CDMA/ TD-CDMA
WCDMA(UMTS)
1,4,100 mW1000GFSK20 ppm1000 kHz
2400-2483CDMA/ FDMA/FH
Bluetooth
Peak PowerRate(kb/s)
Modulation Technique
FrequencyAccuracy
ChannelSpacing
Frequencyband (MHz)
Access Scheme
Standard
N/A
0.8, 1, 2, 3 W
250 mW
0.8, 2, 5, 8 W
0.8, 2, 5, 8 W
1228
48
1152
270.8
270.8
GMSK90 Hz200 kHz1710-1785 (Tx)1805-1850 (Rx)
TDMA/FDMA/ TDD
DCS-1800
OQPSK
/4 QPSK
GMSK
GMSK
N/A1250 kHz
824-849 (Tx) 869-894 (Rx)
CDMA/ FDMA
IS-95
200 Hz30 kHz824-849 (Tx) 869-894 (Rx)
TDMA/FDMA
IS-54
50 Hz1728 kHz
1880-1900TDMA/FDMA/ TDD
DECT
90 Hz200 kHz890-915 (Tx)935-960 (Rx)
TDMA/FDMA/ TDD
GSM
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Txs convert BB to RF signals using modulation Txs must not corrupt one another division of RF band Rxs select wanted RF signals and retrieve BB by
demodulation
Rxs must suppress unwanted signals and noise
Tx1BB1
RF1
Tx2BB2
RF2Rx1
BB
RF1
RF2
RF
Tx3BB3
RF3
RF communication channel
Rx2BB
RF1
RF2
RF3
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Above 300 GHz< 1 mm
30300 GHz10 mm 1 mm11EHFExtremely high frequency
microwave devices, mobile phones330 GHz100 mm 10 mm10SHFSuper high frequency
television broadcasts, wireless LAN3003000 MHz1 m 100 mm9UHFUltra high frequency
FM and television broadcasts30300 MHz10 m 1 m8VHFVery high frequency
Shortwave broadcasts and amateur radio330 MHz100 m 10 m7HFHigh frequency
AM broadcasts3003000 kHz1 km 100 m6MFMedium frequency
Navigation, time signals, AM longwavebroadcasting
30300 kHz10 km 1 km5LFLow frequency
Military communication330 kHz100 km 10 km4VLFVery low frequency
3003000 Hz1000 km 100 km3ULFUltra low frequency
30300 Hz10,000 km 1000 km2SLFSuper low frequency
330 Hz100,000 km 10,000 km1ELFExtremely low frequency
< 3 Hz> 100,000 km
Example usesFrequencyWavelengthITU bandAbbrBand name
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Propagation Effects
Path loss, interferers and external noise
Multi-path and fading
( ) [ ]( ) [ ]dBm
dB/4log20
RxAntPTxAntTxRx
P
GLGPP
RL
++==
RTx RxPower loss in open area
Received power incl. gain of the antennas
Direct path
Tx Rx
Reflective path
Moving objects or Rx/Txresult in signal fluctuations, (different varying paths)
Immobile or mobile object
Wanted signal is corrupted by interferers and noise
intsignoisesig PPSIRPPSNR ==
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Digital Tx & Rx
Analog BB
inputADC DSP DAC RFFront-End
RF part (analog)
RFFront-End
ADC DSP DAC
Analog BB
output
RF part (analog)
BB part (digital)
BB part (digital)
Coding, Interleaving,
Shaping, Modulation
Demodulation, Deinterleaving, Decoding
Upconversion,gain, filtering
Downconversion,gain, filtering
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BB data rate
t
x(t)
t
y(t)Sampling
1/fSNyquist limit
fS > 2Bx
Number of bits per sample: NSampled BB data rate: R = fS N bits/sec
Example: For voice coding B = 3.4 kHz fS = 8 kHz and N = 8 R = 64 kb/sec.Next, compression with vocoders is used so R = 2.4 .. 9.6 kb/secbut the transmitted data rate would be much higher for system arrangements and extra data needed, e.g. GSM 270 kb/s, IS-95 (CDMA) 1.23Mb/s
QuantizationN bits
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Shannon limitsInformation capacity: C = 2B log2M [bits/sec]
Channel bandwidth
Number of signal levels transmitted
Bandwidth efficiency: C/B = 2 log2M [bits/sec/Hz]For 2-levels: C/B = 2, maximum possible to achieve,
1 10 01 1
0 0
Tb 2Tb
Low pass channel
Bmin = 1/2Tb
In Rx at least the first harmonic is needed
M = 2
Period = 2Tb
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Shannon limit due to noise
C = 2B log2M [bits/sec]
Information capacity if B or M 000001010
100101
011
The more levels the more noise harmful
C = B log2(1 + SNR) [bits/sec]
Channel noise limits C, but M is not specified here.
In practice bit rate must be R < C to support transmission with an acceptable error rate
M-ary system
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RF systems vs channel capacity
+=
=
BC
NE
BC
BNRESNR
b
b
02
0
1log
Bit rate R < C for any system
e.g. for GSM: R/B = 270kbps/200kHz = 1.35 @ SNR = 9dB for BER < 10-3
for DECT:R/B = 1152kbps/1728kHz = 0.67@ SNR = 10.3dB for BER < 10-3
GSM
DECTR < C
R > C
Tradeoff between signal BW and power
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Digital modulation schemes
Frequency shift keying FSK Phase shift keying PSK, QPSK, M-ary QAM Minimum shift keying MSK OFDM technique
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Basic view on modulation
Modulator
em(t)
x(t) =A0cos0t
s(t)
3 different parameters available for modulationby the base-band signal
(i.e. the modulating signal)
Base-band signal to be transmittedlow frequency
Sinusoidal carrierhigh frequency
( ) += tAtx 00 cos)(
AmplitudeFrequency Phase
Sinusoidal Carrier x(t) :
Angle
Angle modulation more useful in digital communication for its higher immunity to noise and interference
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Frequency shift keying (FSK)
bT0
sFSK(t)Acos1txBB(t)
Modulator Acos0t
+
01
1 10
xBB(t)Acos1tsFSK(t)
Acos0t
01
bT0Coherent detector based on correlation
-Thresholddetector
Tb = n0/f0 = n1/f1 Orthogonal frequencies
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FSK (contd)
-+
sFSK(t)
Envelopedetector
Envelopedetector xBB(t)
01
Thresholddetector
f0
f1
Non-coherent FSK detector (simpler receiver)
In coherent FSK detection oscillator and carrier need synchronizationWhen off-phase by /2 the correlator outputs 0 instead of 1
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Phase shift keying (PSK)
Acos0t
sPSK(t)xBB(t)
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+ Modulator
bT0 xBB(t)sPSK(t)
Acos0t
01Threshold
detector
Tb = n0/f0
Coherent detector based on correlation(non-coherent PSK detection possible only in differential mode)
+
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Quadrature PSK (QPSK)
AcosctsQPSK(t)
Asinct
Q IxBB(t)
01
Serial-to-parallel
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+
Output signal takes on 4 values which happen every second input bit.
sQPSK (t) = 1cosct - 2sinct1,2= Ac
Model (constellation): 1
2
+Ac
+Ac
-Ac
-Ac
/4
-/4
3/4
-3/4
Modulator
During transitions the phase change is /2 or
1
1 Required BW is half that of BPSK
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QPSK (contd)
bT0
bT0
sQPSK(t)
Thresholddetector
Thresholddetector xBB(t)
01
I QAcosct
AsinctQPSK detector
Advantage of QPSK:As bits are grouped and transmitted in pairs, the bandwidth needed is half compared to binary PSK.
1
2
Phase transitions in QPSK
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Offset QPSK
Asinct
Acosct
Q IxBB(t)
01
-
+Tb
sOQPSK(t)Due to delay by 1 bit we avoid simultaneous transitions of bits in both branches
Advantage: all phase changes at output /2,narrower bandwidth needed, less demands on linearity of PA
1
2
Phase transitions in OQPSK
Drawback: cannot be adopted to differential encoding to support non-coherent reception + /2 - /2
1
1
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M-ary QAM
sQAM (t) = i cosct - i sinct
16-ary QAM constellation
(4 bits are encoded)
Combined amplitude and phase modulation
Even larger throughput but more susceptible to channel noise, higher SNR needed.Also very linear amplifier required
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Minimum shift keying
sin1t
cos1t
Q IxBB(t)
Tb
sMSK(t)sinct
cosct
(+1, -1)
(+1, -1)
Rectangular pulses are replaced by half-sinusoids of 1= /2Tb that modulates the carrier of c
MSK based on Offset QPSK
Advantage: no abrupt phase changes at the output, signal bandwidth saved and less prone to amplitude variations when limited in band!
Different variants of MSK exist, GMSK, GFSK,
Pulse shaping by half-sinusoids
+=
t
mbmMSK dtmTtpbtAts )(cos)( c Gaussian or Raised-cosine most popular
Tb
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OFDM techniques
fc1f
Tone modulated by rectangular pulse
fc2 fc3
PowerMultiple sub-carriers to transmit signal bits in parallel for very high throughput
Spectra of different sub channels can partly overlap, pulse shaping not necessary
OFDM is usually combined with QAMor PSK
Seri
al t
o pa
ralle
l
Com
bine
r
fc1
fc2
fcN
BB data OFDM modulated signal
Modulator Densely spaced !
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Bit error rate
=
0
2
, erfc21
NTAP bcPSKe
Distance between A1A2 for FSK is smaller than for PSK so more immune to noise
1
2
A1 A2
PSK
2
=
0
2
, 2erfc
21
NTAP bcFSKe
BER ~ Pe (probability of making an error in detector when transmitting a symbol)
Note that erfc() is a descending function, PSK better than FSK
Other coherent QPSK techniques and MSK have similar BER to PSK (for the same power), QAM is much worse, but high throughput
1A1
A2
FSK
These modelsassume AWGN
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Multiple-Access techniques
FDMA (Frequency division) TDMA (Time division) CDMA (Code division) Up-link and down-link TDD/FDD
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FDMA and TDMA systems
User_1User_2 User_3
t t t
User_1User_2 User_3
t t t
N time slots
User_1User_2 User_3
f f f
N channels in band
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CDMA systemsDirect sequence CDMA
Code sequence (chip)
BB data
1 bit period
Data encoded
ff
User 1Encoding
ff
User 2 ( spectrumspreading )
Decoding for User 1
( spectrumdespreadingby correlation)
f
Signal 1
Signal 2
Signal 1
Signal 2
Coding sequences for different users are orthogonal (e.g. Walsh, Barker), signals overlap in frequency band and in time.
Noise alikeImmune to fading
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CDMA systems (contd)
Frequency-hopping CDMA
Code sequenceof a user
FrequencySynthesizer
BB data
time
f1f2
f3
t1 t2More resistant to strong interferers than DS CDMA,since it is similar to FDMA
In CDMA systems power level control of transmitters is critical, feedback is provided by the base station
FH also spreads spectrum
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Up-link and down-link by FDD/TDD/Duplex ability to transmit and receive simultaneously/
User_1
User_2User_3
f f f f
User_1
User_2User_3
f f
Reception band Transmission band
FDDuplex
User_1User_2 User_3
t t t
User_1User_2 User_3
t t t
Reception slots Transmission slotsTDDuplex
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RF Transceiver at Glance
RFSection
BasebandSection
RF Section analog, high frequencies Baseband Section - mostly digital today
(DSP), low frequencies
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Digital transmitter at glance
Upconversionand Filtering
PowerAmplifier
Carrier
Modulation & DSPADC
Basebandsignal
Digital baseband section (compression, coding,
shaping, modulation ) RF section (Tx Front-end)(up-conversion, filtering, power gain, power control,matching to antenna)
DAC
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Digital receiver at glance
Low NoiseAmplifier
Carrier
DownConversion & filtering
ADC
Basebandsignal
Digital baseband section (equalization, demodulation, decoding, decompression)
RF section (Rx Front-end)
(band selection, matching to antenna, gain, image rejection, down conversion, channel selection)
RFFilter
Demodulator & DSP DAC
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CMOS RF design issues
Disciplines in RF design Key goals for ICs for RF transceiver
implementation Why CMOS technology ?
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Disciplines required in RF system design
RF Design
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RF Circuit Design OctagonMulti-objective approach
RF Design
In digital design only one main trade-off between speed and power
Several trade-offs in RF design
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Ultimate objective Single-chip transceiver Minimum external components Inductors and capacitors integrated on chip
RFSection
BasebandDSP & Ctrl
Duplexeror switch
Battery or power supply
Crystal
Basebandinput/output
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Bluetooth CMOS TRx from Alcatel (2001)
Low-IF Rx and quadrature TxRF front-end
Layout of single chip TRx (first commercial with integrated BB and ARM processors + memory)
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WLAN CMOS TRx from Intel
Intel RFIC transceiver on 0.18 m TSMC CMOS technology (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation).
This IEEE 802.11a (in 5 GHz band) transceiver employs a direct-conversion architecture and includes an internal synthesizer. This is Intel's first RFIC used in a WLAN product.
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Why CMOS Technology Submicron MOSFETs, 180,130, 90 nm today, very fast,
fmax>100GHz, perform well up to 10 GHz or more Good linearity for higher signal swing With multiple metal layers good capacitors and inductors
(QL up to 20) can be integrated on a chip Upper metal layers far from Si substrate reduce substrate
losses Lower substrate doping helps to isolate RF blocks and reduce
losses Large digital bocks (DSP & control) can be integrated on one
chip CMOS cheaper from other technologies (BiCMOS, GaAs, .. ) Many successful RF CMOS designs performed recently
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Summary Wireless communication systems (mobile, cordless,
WLAN, GPS, ) are in continuous progress Wireless communication systems are very complex
multidisciplinary field Design of RF ICs is a multi-objective task CMOS technology proves to be increasingly
competitive for RF ICs design (even higher frequencies)
RF CMOS is an attractive research field
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