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An RF Front-end for Terrestrial and Cable Digital TV Tuners

지상파 및 케이블 디지털 TV 튜너를 위한 RF 프런트 엔드

  • 최치훈 (부산대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 임동구 (한국과학기술원 전기및전자) ;
  • 남일구 (부산대학교 전기공학과)
  • Received : 2012.10.24
  • Published : 2012.12.25
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Abstract

This paper presents an integrated low noise and highly linear wideband RF front-end for a digital terrestrial and cable TV tuner, which are used as a part of double-conversion TV tuner. The low noise amplifier (LNA) has a low noise figure and high linearity by adopting a noise canceling technique based on current amplification. The up-conversion mixer and SAW buffer have high linearity by employing a third order intermodulation cancellation technique. The proposed RF front-end is designed in a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS and draws 60 mA from a 1.8 V supply voltage. The RF front-end shows a voltage gain of 30 dB, an average single side-band noise figure of 4.2 dB, an IIP2 of 40 dBm, and an IIP3 of -4.5 dBm for the entire band from 48 MHz to 862Hz.

본 논문에서는 지상파 및 케이블 디지털 TV를 위한 더블 컨버전 (double-conversion) zero-IF 튜너에 적합한 저잡음 고선형 광대역 RF 프런트 엔드를 제안한다. 저잡음 증폭기는 전류 증폭 기반의 잡음 제거 기법을 적용하여 저잡음과 고선형성 특성을 갖는다. 상향 변환 믹서와 SAW 필터 버퍼는 3차 intermodulation 제거 기법을 적용하여 고선형성 특성을 갖는다. 제안한 RF 프런트 엔드는 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 사용하여 설계하였고, 전원 전압 1.8 V에서 60 mA의 전류를 소모하면서 48 MHz에서 862Hz의 디지털 TV 밴드에서 30 dB의 전압 이득, 4.2 dB의 single side-band 잡음 지수, 40 dBm의 IIP2, -4.5 dBm의 IIP3의 성능을 보인다.

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