A 50MHz-to-1.5GHz Cross-Correlation CMOS Spectrum Analyzer for Cognitive Radio with 89dB SFDR in 1MHz RBW

Oude Alink, Mark S. and Klumperink, Eric A.M. and Soer, Michiel C.M. and Kokkeler, André B.J. and Nauta, Bram (2010) A 50MHz-to-1.5GHz Cross-Correlation CMOS Spectrum Analyzer for Cognitive Radio with 89dB SFDR in 1MHz RBW. In: IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2010, 6-9-April-2010, Signapore.

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Abstract:	Abstract Spectrum sensing for cognitive radio requires a high linearity to handle strong signals, and at the same time a low noise figure (NF) to enable detection of much weaker signals. Often there is a trade-off between linearity and noise: improving one of them degrades the other. Cross-correlation can break this trade-off by reducing noise at the cost of measurement time. An existing RF front-end in CMOS-technology with IIP3=+11dBm and NF<6.5dB is duplicated and attenuators are put in front to increase linearity (IIP3=+24dBm). The attenuation degrades NF, but by using cross-correlation of the outputs of the two frontends, the NF is reduced to below 4dB. In total this results in a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 89dB in 1MHz resolution bandwidth (RBW).
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2010 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/73469
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DYSPAN.2010.5457887
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