Abstract
A monolithic tunable bandpass filter for satellite receiver front-ends is presented. The nter frequency of the bandpass filter can be tuned from 0.4 GHz to 2.3 GHz. The filter is constructed using four transconductor-C poly-phase filter sections and has a 50 dB variable gain range. At 20 dB attenuation and at 30 dB gain the measured 1 dB compression point is -21 dBm and -56 dBm, respectively. Measured input IP3 is -12 dBm. The noise figure is 15 dB at maximum gain. An on-chip I/Q oscillator tracks the center frequency and enables automatic tuning. The bandpass filter dissipates 65 mW with 5 Volt supply voltage and occupies 0.16 mm2 chip area. The filter is realized
in a standard 11 GHz ft bipolar technology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5-18 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2002 |