Linearity Analysis and Enhancement Techniques for the Base-Collector Capacitance Dominated Distortion in Bipolar Amplifiers

SiGe bipolar amplifiers are getting more competitive in terms of noise figure to GaAs amplifiers. However, the linearity of these amplifiers is still limited in view of these GaAs implementations. In order to address and overcome these linearity limitations, this thesis report will start demonstrating that the linearity of SiGe bipolar...

An Ultra-Linear LNA for Base stations

In the commercial basestation market of today, LNAs are implemented using GaAs pHEMT technology. The popularity of GaAs pHEMT technology is based on its excellent low noise and high linearity properties. In this project, an LNA for basestation applications is designed using SiGe technology, which can provide low noise performance, but requires...

Multi-band/Multi-Mode RF Front-end Receiver for Basestation Applications

In the last couple of years, mobile telephony has truly become global, with more than 4 billion users worldwide nowadays (compared to less than 1bn ten years ago). This has represented a boost not just for the mobile phones industry, but also for that of wireless infrastructure. Larger-scale production and increased competition have transformed...

A base station system study for LTE, UMTS and GSM/EDGE

Communication systems evolve day after day at a very fast pace. People not only have high expectations in regard of the conversation quality, but they also need more data download speeds and better coverage. The industry tries to come and fill in this expectation by developing state-of-the art systems that are cost-effective and that ensure good...

Highly Linear LNA Design for Base Station Applications

As the first stage of the amplifier chain aiming for the base station applications, a highly linear low noise amplifier (LNA) dictates very high performance for optimum coverage with a best signal quality. In today’s commercial market, the GaAs enhancement-mode pHEMT based LNA is dominant. However, a SiGe-based LNA, due to its high integration,...

Highly linear LNA design for base station applications

As the first stage of the amplifier chain aiming for the base station applications, a highly linear low noise amplifier (LNA) dictates very high performance for optimum coverage with a best signal quality. In today’s commercial market, the GaAs enhancement-mode pHEMT based LNA is dominant. However, a SiGe-based LNA, due to its high integration,...