A Software Defined Radio Receiver for the AM Frequency Band

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A Software Defined Radio Receiver for the AM Frequency Band Dimitrov, Jung, Prince EECS 522 Winter 2009 1 Software Defined Radio Receiver

Transcript of A Software Defined Radio Receiver for the AM Frequency Band

A Software Defined Radio Receiver for the AM Frequency Band

Dimitrov, Jung, Prince

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Software Defined Radio Receiver

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SDR Receiver Typical Receiver

Multiple wireless protocols One wireless protocol

Multiple channels Single channel

All demodulation performed in DSP Mix down to IF and Baseband

Tunable Band‐pass filter Tunable Local Oscillator

Digitally programmable gain amplifier Analog automatic gain control

Note: For the scope of this project, the receiver is limited to the AM frequency band.

Common Gate Low Noise Amplifier

• 1/gm ≈ Rantenna (300 Ω)

• Av ≈ gmRload≈ 3.33 mS × 3 kΩ≈ 20 dB

• N‐well resistor for a balance of high process tolerance and low noise figure

• 333 mV gate bias with 1 kΩimpedance

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CGLNA Results

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OTA‐C Band‐Pass Filter

• 2nd order tunable filter allows variation in

Gain

Band width, Q

Center Frequency

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Fully Differential, Fully Balanced

Cancels common mode  signals, noise, supply variations

Eliminates even order distortion

OTA outputs DC bias  following Gm stages

Low bias current and PMOS transistor input to reduce 1/f noise

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Bandpass Filter Performance

• Power  ‐

150μW

• Tunable   ‐

500kHz to 1.7MHz

• Variable bandwidth ‐

50kHz – 200kHz

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Programmable Gain Amplifier

• Stage 1: Source Follower Buffer

• Stage 2: Resistive feedback amplifier– Stage 2a: Common 

Gate amplifier

– Stage 2b: Common Source amplifier

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Programmable Gain Amplifier

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Gain Linearity

• Linear Gain improves DSP control accuracy• Linearity degrades at lower gain

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Resistor Array

• Digitally controllable

• Large FETs

• Linear resistors equal in size

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Overall Gain

• System performance at max and min frequencies

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Overall Noise Figure

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• Flicker noise dominates at AM frequencies

SDR System Level Results

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SpecificationsSpecification 1750 kHz

Simulation500 kHz

SimulationTarget

Peak Gain (dB) 66.04 69.72 403 dB Bandwidth (kHz) 120 166 100Settling Time (ns) 12 9 20Noise Figure at Peak Gain (dB) 6.197 13.64 7Highest Noise Figure (dB) 13.92 13.64 7Output Voltage Swing (mV) 6 6 3Power Consumption (mW) 2.94 2.90 4

Questions?

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