A Multimode 5–6 GHz FD/HD/FDD Quadrature Balanced CMOS Front End With Transmit–Receive Cross-Modulation Distortion Correction
- 18 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
- Vol. 69 (1), 1072-1081
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tmtt.2020.3038522
Abstract
In this work, we introduce a multimode and wideband quadrature balanced CMOS RF front end (RFFE) supporting full-duplex (FD), half-duplex (HD), and frequency-division duplex (FDD) operation at the 5–6 GHz band. The proposed RFFE is enhanced by nonlinear digital algorithms that maintain optimal performance at high transmit (Tx) power levels. A theoretical model of the transmit–receive (TR) cross-modulation (CM) distortion mechanism stemming from instantaneous variations in the power amplifiers (PAs) output impedance is laid out and verified in simulation and measurement. A 2-D digital postdistortion (2-D DPoD) algorithm that utilizes the known baseband Tx signal and the downconverted distorted Rx signal is proposed to linearize the CM-distorted Rx signal, in conjunction with wideband digital RF and baseband cancellation of the Tx self-interference at the receiver input and 1-D digital predistortion to linearize the Tx signal. The system was characterized in simultaneous TR operation using 802.11ac VHT Wi-Fi signals at 10 dBm average Tx power. In the FD mode using 20 MHz signals, TR isolation of 66 dB was achieved, and the 2-D DPoD corrected Rx error vector magnitude (EVM) by 11 dB to a value of −33 dB. In the FDD mode with 800 MHz frequency separation, 14 dB improvement was demonstrated in Rx EVM with 2-D DPoD to the levels of −35 and −31 dB for 20 and 160 MHz signals, respectively. Similar EVM values were measured in the HD Rx mode at −40 dBm average Rx power, along with Rx insertion loss lower than 1 dB without using a TR switch.Keywords
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