A Code-Domain RF Signal Processing Front-end for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive with 49.5 dB Self-Interference Rejection, 12.1 dBm Receive Compression, and 34.3 dBm Transmit Compression

Hussam Alshammary, Cameron W. Hill, Ahmed Hamza, James F. Buckwalter

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates a code-domain transceiver that incorporates a transmit (TX) modulator and receive (RX) RF signal correlator. We propose a transmission gate switch with 12.1-dBm/23.1-dBm P1dB/IIP3 for both RF correlation and filtering and rejects TX self-interference by 49.5 dB. An integrate-and-dump N-path filter improves rejection by 8 dB. The RX power consumption is 18 mW at 1 GHz. The TX modulator operates to RF power levels up to 34.3 dBm and consumes less than 40 mW for 300 Megachip-per-second (Mc/s). Over the air testing demonstrates synchronization with Barker codes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages143-146
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728117010
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
Volume2019-June
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Code-Reject Filter
  • Full-Duplex Communication
  • N-Path Filter
  • SOI CMOS
  • Transmit Rejection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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