1. The document discusses transmitter output power specifications for LTE and WCDMA, including maximum output power levels and tolerances.
2. It provides lessons learned from issues with output power, EVM, and other signal quality metrics on various device bands. Common causes included improper gain mode selection, impedance mismatches, and oscillator pulling from strong RF signals.
3. Key recommendations include separating PA and transceiver shielding areas, compensating output power for temperature and frequency variations, avoiding routing near noise sources, and using proper gain/loss configurations.
This document discusses several issues related to transmitter timing and power amplifier settings in cellular devices. It notes that rich spurs have been observed in the 500-700MHz range during conducted spurious emission measurements, even across different channels and power control levels. Improper timing of power amplifier enable signals can also affect the maximum transmit power and calibration of certain bands. The timing of power amplifier on and range signals must be set correctly to avoid lower than expected output power or failures in band calibration. References are provided from Qualcomm and Slideshare documents discussing transmitter spur and GSM open-loop power control issues.
Performance requirement and lessons learnt of LTE terminal---transmitter partcriterion123
This document discusses various factors that can affect LTE transmitter performance metrics like output power, EVM, and ACLR. It provides details on LTE and WCDMA output power specifications, key modulation schemes, and how higher order modulations can increase PAR and require more power back-off. It also examines how the feedback receiver (FBRX) method impacts output power control in LTE systems and provides lessons learned from various power issues encountered. Regarding EVM, it analyzes the effects of local oscillator phase noise, crystal oscillators, VCO pulling, and OFDM sensitivity to phase errors. Shielding and isolation techniques are also discussed.
This document discusses several common radio frequency interference (RFI) and desense issues encountered in mobile devices and potential solutions. Issues covered include DDR memory clock desense, transceiver noise coupling, switching regulator noise radiating and coupling to antennas, LCD and touchscreen driver noise, and interference from USB, HDMI and other ports radiating or coupling to antennas. Solutions proposed involve modifying clock frequencies, adding decoupling capacitors, improving shielding and isolation between components, modifying circuit board layouts, and adding EMI filters.
There is a 10 dB difference in sensitivity between the maximum and minimum transmitter power for B7. Removing the B40 PRX matching network eliminates the issue. With insufficient port-to-port isolation, the B7 TX couples to the B40 port and then couples again to the B7 PRX trace from the B40 PRX trace. There are two proposed solutions: using a switch with at least 32 dB of port-to-port isolation or enhancing the trace isolation between the B40 and B7 PRX traces through a layout modification.
Some issue due to incorrect PA and transceiver configurationcriterion123
1. The document discusses several power-related issues with a transceiver module. It analyzes why Band 27 can achieve minimum power levels but Band 28 cannot, finding the likely cause to be something wrong with the power amplifier (PA).
2. Another issue examined is why the transceiver passes error tests in WCDMA mode but fails in HSUPA mode. It determines the cause is probably carrier leakage from an incorrect transceiver power mode setting when transmitting at maximum power.
3. A final issue covered is lower maximum output power in online mode versus factory test mode. The document finds the feedback receiver function is not used in factory mode, and incomplete calibration of the power detection circuit likely causes abnormal
1) Heterodyne receivers down-convert high frequency RF signals to a lower intermediate frequency (IF) by mixing the RF signal with a local oscillator (LO) signal. This allows for easier filtering and selection of the desired channel.
2) However, heterodyne receivers suffer from image interference, where signals at RF ± LO are both down-converted to the IF. Additional filtering is needed to suppress the unwanted image signal.
3) Dual-IF receivers implement two down-conversion stages to simultaneously achieve good image rejection and channel selection. However, additional issues like mixing spurs arise due to harmonics of the LO signals. Most receivers therefore use a single IF architecture.
A Study On TX Leakage In 4G LTE Handset Terminalscriterion123
The document discusses duplexing and its impact on receiver sensitivity in cellular phones. It describes how frequency division duplexing uses separate sub-bands for simultaneous transmission and reception. Duplex filters are needed to separate the transmit and receive frequencies and prevent transmitter noise and power from desensitizing the receiver. Issues like poor duplexer isolation, non-50 ohm impedances, and improper layout can all allow transmit signal leakage and interference with the receiver sensitivity.
This document discusses several issues related to transmitter timing and power amplifier settings in cellular devices. It notes that rich spurs have been observed in the 500-700MHz range during conducted spurious emission measurements, even across different channels and power control levels. Improper timing of power amplifier enable signals can also affect the maximum transmit power and calibration of certain bands. The timing of power amplifier on and range signals must be set correctly to avoid lower than expected output power or failures in band calibration. References are provided from Qualcomm and Slideshare documents discussing transmitter spur and GSM open-loop power control issues.
Performance requirement and lessons learnt of LTE terminal---transmitter partcriterion123
This document discusses various factors that can affect LTE transmitter performance metrics like output power, EVM, and ACLR. It provides details on LTE and WCDMA output power specifications, key modulation schemes, and how higher order modulations can increase PAR and require more power back-off. It also examines how the feedback receiver (FBRX) method impacts output power control in LTE systems and provides lessons learned from various power issues encountered. Regarding EVM, it analyzes the effects of local oscillator phase noise, crystal oscillators, VCO pulling, and OFDM sensitivity to phase errors. Shielding and isolation techniques are also discussed.
This document discusses several common radio frequency interference (RFI) and desense issues encountered in mobile devices and potential solutions. Issues covered include DDR memory clock desense, transceiver noise coupling, switching regulator noise radiating and coupling to antennas, LCD and touchscreen driver noise, and interference from USB, HDMI and other ports radiating or coupling to antennas. Solutions proposed involve modifying clock frequencies, adding decoupling capacitors, improving shielding and isolation between components, modifying circuit board layouts, and adding EMI filters.
There is a 10 dB difference in sensitivity between the maximum and minimum transmitter power for B7. Removing the B40 PRX matching network eliminates the issue. With insufficient port-to-port isolation, the B7 TX couples to the B40 port and then couples again to the B7 PRX trace from the B40 PRX trace. There are two proposed solutions: using a switch with at least 32 dB of port-to-port isolation or enhancing the trace isolation between the B40 and B7 PRX traces through a layout modification.
Some issue due to incorrect PA and transceiver configurationcriterion123
1. The document discusses several power-related issues with a transceiver module. It analyzes why Band 27 can achieve minimum power levels but Band 28 cannot, finding the likely cause to be something wrong with the power amplifier (PA).
2. Another issue examined is why the transceiver passes error tests in WCDMA mode but fails in HSUPA mode. It determines the cause is probably carrier leakage from an incorrect transceiver power mode setting when transmitting at maximum power.
3. A final issue covered is lower maximum output power in online mode versus factory test mode. The document finds the feedback receiver function is not used in factory mode, and incomplete calibration of the power detection circuit likely causes abnormal
1) Heterodyne receivers down-convert high frequency RF signals to a lower intermediate frequency (IF) by mixing the RF signal with a local oscillator (LO) signal. This allows for easier filtering and selection of the desired channel.
2) However, heterodyne receivers suffer from image interference, where signals at RF ± LO are both down-converted to the IF. Additional filtering is needed to suppress the unwanted image signal.
3) Dual-IF receivers implement two down-conversion stages to simultaneously achieve good image rejection and channel selection. However, additional issues like mixing spurs arise due to harmonics of the LO signals. Most receivers therefore use a single IF architecture.
A Study On TX Leakage In 4G LTE Handset Terminalscriterion123
The document discusses duplexing and its impact on receiver sensitivity in cellular phones. It describes how frequency division duplexing uses separate sub-bands for simultaneous transmission and reception. Duplex filters are needed to separate the transmit and receive frequencies and prevent transmitter noise and power from desensitizing the receiver. Issues like poor duplexer isolation, non-50 ohm impedances, and improper layout can all allow transmit signal leakage and interference with the receiver sensitivity.
Sensitivity or selectivity - How does eLNA impact the receriver performancecriterion123
it describes
1. Why need external LNA ?
2. Why does poor linearity lead to poor sensitivity ?
3. For the eLNA gain, the more the better ?
4. Why can SAW filter improve linearity ?
This document discusses carrier aggregation (CA) and the challenges it poses for LTE Advanced user equipment. It describes how CA works by aggregating multiple component carriers to provide bandwidths up to 100MHz. It also discusses the new requirements for cross isolation between transmit and receive bands of at least 50dB. Additionally, it covers various inter-band and intra-band challenges like higher peak-to-average power ratios, increased harmonic distortion, and intermodulation products. Finally, it presents different architectural options for implementing CA including separate antennas, switches, diplexers and multiplexers.
This document discusses various topics related to optimizing radio frequency (RF) performance in wireless transmitters, including:
1. Adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) testing parameters and their importance in characterizing distortion and interference.
2. Output RF spectrum (ORFS) measurements for GSM systems, including modulation spectrum and effects of rapid power ramping.
3. Techniques for timing optimization of the RF power amplifier and antenna in GSM transmitters.
4. Issues that can arise from improper transmitter timing settings, such as lower than expected output power or calibration/registration failures.
5. Factors that impact the linearity and output RF spectrum performance of power amplifiers,
The document discusses DDR noise interference issues in cellular devices. It notes that DDR noise can desense channels near half the DDR clock frequency and that this noise can couple from the DDR chip to the baseband chip and then to RF components. It recommends using an LC filter near the baseband chip to mitigate this issue but notes the capacitor cannot be too large or it may degrade the sensitivity of wide bandwidth LTE signals by attenuating the I/Q signals.
desence,sensitivity calculation with and without external LNA, Noise figure calculation with and without external LNA and IIP3 calculation with and without external LNA
This document discusses various ways to improve adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) in transmitters. It describes 1) reducing power amplifier input power or selecting a linear power amplifier to avoid saturation and intermodulation distortion, 2) optimizing the power amplifier load-pull configuration for better linearity, and 3) decreasing power amplifier post-loss to reduce output power and nonlinearities. Other techniques include fine-tuning the driver amplifier input matching, adding SAW filters at the power amplifier input, avoiding voltage drops in the power supply, using digital pre-distortion, rejecting DC-DC converter switching noise, and properly synchronizing envelope tracking signals.
Carrier aggregation (CA) is a technique that combines multiple LTE component carriers to support wider bandwidth signals, increase data rates, and improve network performance. Mobile carriers can use CA to boost speeds and capacity by aggregating spectrum from low, mid, and high frequency bands. CA allows downlink data rates to evolve to higher levels. Key challenges for implementing CA include ensuring sufficient downlink sensitivity, preventing harmonic generation interference, and providing adequate isolation between carrier components to avoid desense issues.
IIP2 requirements in 4G LTE Handset Receiverscriterion123
This document discusses IIP2 requirements in 4G LTE handset receivers. It provides an overview of the LTE standard including that it uses OFDMA for downlink and SC-FDMA for uplink. It then discusses that IIP2 requirements are challenging for modern receivers due to nonlinearities from simultaneous transmission and reception. The document outlines equations for calculating IIP2 requirements based on factors like transmitter power, duplexer isolation, and bandwidth. Meeting IIP2 requirements is important for achieving good receiver sensitivity without interference from second order intermodulation distortion.
Challenges In Designing 5 GHz 802.11 ac WIFI Power Amplifierscriterion123
Designing 5 GHz 802.11ac WiFi power amplifiers presents several challenges: (1) meeting the stringent error vector magnitude (EVM) requirement of less than 1.8% due to higher order modulations, (2) ensuring stable performance during dynamic on/off operation while avoiding transients that degrade EVM, and (3) optimizing the power amplifier to achieve both high power-added efficiency and linearity over wide 80/160 MHz bandwidths at 5 GHz frequencies. Addressing these challenges requires careful design of the power amplifier, bias circuits, and matching networks.
Why to do single-tone desense test ?
What is cross modulation ?
what's the difference between cross modulation and intermodulation ?
what is triple beat ?
LTE carrier aggregation technology development and deployment worldwidecriterion123
Carrier aggregation (CA) allows the combination of multiple component carriers to increase bandwidth and throughput. CA can be intra-band, combining contiguous or non-contiguous carriers within a band, or inter-band, combining carriers across frequency bands. Inter-band CA provides more flexibility to utilize fragmented spectrum. The LTE standard defines a maximum of five component carriers for CA. CA improves downlink throughput by increasing bandwidth but may not always increase uplink throughput due to limitations of UE maximum power. Close frequency band CA and FDD-TDD CA require additional RF components to separate signal paths and prevent interference between bands.
System(board level) noise figure analysis and optimizationcriterion123
For sensitivity, what a system (board level) RF engineer can improve is only noise figure. This document describes that the noise figure concept you should know, and how to optimize it to improve sensitivity.
The document discusses key aspects of WiFi evolution including 802.11ac. It focuses on technical details related to improving throughput such as wider channels, higher order modulation, and beamforming. It also covers topics like MU-MIMO, VHT160, OFDM, DACs, linearity concerns, phase noise, and their impact on metrics like data rate, throughput, and WiFi performance.
One Case Study For GSM Unstable Output Power Issuecriterion123
The GSM power was unstable regardless of the power control level setting. After checking the schematics, the team found a 100 ohm resistor in the MIPI clock line that was distorting the clock waveform. This clock distortion was causing errors in decoding MIPI commands, resulting in the unstable power. Replacing the 100 ohm resistor with a 0 ohm resistor solved the issue by restoring the proper clock waveform.
The document discusses receiver architecture and design requirements. It covers:
1. The receiver must provide high gain of 100dB while spread across RF, IF, and baseband stages to avoid instability. It must also be sensitive to weak signals down to -110dBm and reject strong adjacent channels.
2. A superheterodyne receiver is most common as it allows for sharper filters at IF to improve selectivity. Downconverting to IF also eases image filtering requirements.
3. Automatic gain control is needed to adjust the receiver gain over a wide range of input signal levels and fit them into the baseband processing range. It helps prevent compression from strong signals exceeding the 1dB compression point.
GNSS De-sense By IMT and PCS DA Outputcriterion123
This document discusses techniques for reducing transmitter in-band noise in the GNSS frequency band, including:
- Using sharp skirts on power amplifier output filters closer to the GNSS band to limit noise leakage.
- Proper impedance matching and isolation between transmitter components like the driver amplifier and power amplifier inputs to reflect noise away from the GNSS band.
- Optimizing parameters of notch filters placed before the power amplifier, like the capacitor value in a series notch filter or the inductor value in a parallel notch filter, to reduce insertion loss while maintaining rejection of noise from adjacent bands.
This document provides recommendations for matching a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver to achieve optimal performance. It describes measuring the transceiver output without a direct connection, then matching to 50 ohms for receive mode before tuning transmit mode. Procedures are outlined for measuring and adjusting filter and diplexer matching values to achieve low insertion loss and return loss. The document also recommends steps for combining and fine-tuning the filter and transceiver matching.
EVM Degradation in LTE systems by RF Filtering criterion123
This document discusses OFDM, OFDMA, and SC-FDMA techniques used in LTE. It explains that LTE uses OFDM for the downlink to transmit over multiple narrow subcarriers to overcome multipath fading. OFDMA is used to enable time-frequency scheduling by allocating users to subsets of subcarriers. SC-FDMA is used for the uplink instead of OFDMA to reduce high peak-to-average power ratios. Resource blocks, which are the smallest allocable units, occupy 180kHz frequency bandwidth and 0.5ms time slots. Filter selection impacts error vector magnitude, and filters should have wide bandwidth and stable frequency response even at high temperatures to avoid signal distortion near band edges
OXX B66 Rx sensitivity and desense analysis issue debugPei-Che Chang
This document discusses OXX B66 Rx sensitivity analysis. It calculates the sensitivity for different B66 Rx configurations, including bypassing the external LNA and connecting directly to the mLNA or iLNA. It is determined that connecting to the mLNA yields better sensitivity due to the iLNA's higher noise figure degrading the cascade NF. The document also analyzes desense from Tx leakage into the Rx band and compares to a reference design from another company.
Intermodulation distortion (IMD) occurs when two or more signals interact in a nonlinear device, producing unwanted signals at frequencies that are not found at the input. IMD can interfere with signals even if they are not at the same frequency. Common sources of IMD include amplifiers, mixers, and corroded connectors. Higher order IMDs have wider bandwidth, so they can interfere with more channels. Both forward and reverse IMD can degrade network performance and call quality at cell sites. Receiver filtering and transmitter filtering can help mitigate IMD effects.
High Efficiency LDMOS Technology for UMTS base stations_journalSteven Theeuwen
This document summarizes the tradeoffs between linearity, gain, and efficiency that can be made for state-of-the-art LDMOS technology used in base station RF power amplifiers. It describes optimizations made to the LDMOS structure including a stepped shield and highly doped drain region that improved efficiency by 7% under two-carrier WCDMA conditions while maintaining linearity and increasing power gain by 1 dB. Further optimizations could increase device efficiencies above 30% and power gain by over 2 dB. The presented technology also enhances reliability by allowing higher operating temperatures.
The document discusses link budgets used for dimensioning and planning radio networks. It provides examples of uplink link budgets for different data rates (500 kbps, 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps). Key elements of the uplink link budgets include transmit power, bandwidth, noise floor, SINR requirements, and maximum allowed path loss. Building penetration loss and other factors are accounted for to determine coverage requirements for indoor users. The maximum allowed path loss results can indicate whether the network will be uplink or downlink limited.
Sensitivity or selectivity - How does eLNA impact the receriver performancecriterion123
it describes
1. Why need external LNA ?
2. Why does poor linearity lead to poor sensitivity ?
3. For the eLNA gain, the more the better ?
4. Why can SAW filter improve linearity ?
This document discusses carrier aggregation (CA) and the challenges it poses for LTE Advanced user equipment. It describes how CA works by aggregating multiple component carriers to provide bandwidths up to 100MHz. It also discusses the new requirements for cross isolation between transmit and receive bands of at least 50dB. Additionally, it covers various inter-band and intra-band challenges like higher peak-to-average power ratios, increased harmonic distortion, and intermodulation products. Finally, it presents different architectural options for implementing CA including separate antennas, switches, diplexers and multiplexers.
This document discusses various topics related to optimizing radio frequency (RF) performance in wireless transmitters, including:
1. Adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) testing parameters and their importance in characterizing distortion and interference.
2. Output RF spectrum (ORFS) measurements for GSM systems, including modulation spectrum and effects of rapid power ramping.
3. Techniques for timing optimization of the RF power amplifier and antenna in GSM transmitters.
4. Issues that can arise from improper transmitter timing settings, such as lower than expected output power or calibration/registration failures.
5. Factors that impact the linearity and output RF spectrum performance of power amplifiers,
The document discusses DDR noise interference issues in cellular devices. It notes that DDR noise can desense channels near half the DDR clock frequency and that this noise can couple from the DDR chip to the baseband chip and then to RF components. It recommends using an LC filter near the baseband chip to mitigate this issue but notes the capacitor cannot be too large or it may degrade the sensitivity of wide bandwidth LTE signals by attenuating the I/Q signals.
desence,sensitivity calculation with and without external LNA, Noise figure calculation with and without external LNA and IIP3 calculation with and without external LNA
This document discusses various ways to improve adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) in transmitters. It describes 1) reducing power amplifier input power or selecting a linear power amplifier to avoid saturation and intermodulation distortion, 2) optimizing the power amplifier load-pull configuration for better linearity, and 3) decreasing power amplifier post-loss to reduce output power and nonlinearities. Other techniques include fine-tuning the driver amplifier input matching, adding SAW filters at the power amplifier input, avoiding voltage drops in the power supply, using digital pre-distortion, rejecting DC-DC converter switching noise, and properly synchronizing envelope tracking signals.
Carrier aggregation (CA) is a technique that combines multiple LTE component carriers to support wider bandwidth signals, increase data rates, and improve network performance. Mobile carriers can use CA to boost speeds and capacity by aggregating spectrum from low, mid, and high frequency bands. CA allows downlink data rates to evolve to higher levels. Key challenges for implementing CA include ensuring sufficient downlink sensitivity, preventing harmonic generation interference, and providing adequate isolation between carrier components to avoid desense issues.
IIP2 requirements in 4G LTE Handset Receiverscriterion123
This document discusses IIP2 requirements in 4G LTE handset receivers. It provides an overview of the LTE standard including that it uses OFDMA for downlink and SC-FDMA for uplink. It then discusses that IIP2 requirements are challenging for modern receivers due to nonlinearities from simultaneous transmission and reception. The document outlines equations for calculating IIP2 requirements based on factors like transmitter power, duplexer isolation, and bandwidth. Meeting IIP2 requirements is important for achieving good receiver sensitivity without interference from second order intermodulation distortion.
Challenges In Designing 5 GHz 802.11 ac WIFI Power Amplifierscriterion123
Designing 5 GHz 802.11ac WiFi power amplifiers presents several challenges: (1) meeting the stringent error vector magnitude (EVM) requirement of less than 1.8% due to higher order modulations, (2) ensuring stable performance during dynamic on/off operation while avoiding transients that degrade EVM, and (3) optimizing the power amplifier to achieve both high power-added efficiency and linearity over wide 80/160 MHz bandwidths at 5 GHz frequencies. Addressing these challenges requires careful design of the power amplifier, bias circuits, and matching networks.
Why to do single-tone desense test ?
What is cross modulation ?
what's the difference between cross modulation and intermodulation ?
what is triple beat ?
LTE carrier aggregation technology development and deployment worldwidecriterion123
Carrier aggregation (CA) allows the combination of multiple component carriers to increase bandwidth and throughput. CA can be intra-band, combining contiguous or non-contiguous carriers within a band, or inter-band, combining carriers across frequency bands. Inter-band CA provides more flexibility to utilize fragmented spectrum. The LTE standard defines a maximum of five component carriers for CA. CA improves downlink throughput by increasing bandwidth but may not always increase uplink throughput due to limitations of UE maximum power. Close frequency band CA and FDD-TDD CA require additional RF components to separate signal paths and prevent interference between bands.
System(board level) noise figure analysis and optimizationcriterion123
For sensitivity, what a system (board level) RF engineer can improve is only noise figure. This document describes that the noise figure concept you should know, and how to optimize it to improve sensitivity.
The document discusses key aspects of WiFi evolution including 802.11ac. It focuses on technical details related to improving throughput such as wider channels, higher order modulation, and beamforming. It also covers topics like MU-MIMO, VHT160, OFDM, DACs, linearity concerns, phase noise, and their impact on metrics like data rate, throughput, and WiFi performance.
One Case Study For GSM Unstable Output Power Issuecriterion123
The GSM power was unstable regardless of the power control level setting. After checking the schematics, the team found a 100 ohm resistor in the MIPI clock line that was distorting the clock waveform. This clock distortion was causing errors in decoding MIPI commands, resulting in the unstable power. Replacing the 100 ohm resistor with a 0 ohm resistor solved the issue by restoring the proper clock waveform.
The document discusses receiver architecture and design requirements. It covers:
1. The receiver must provide high gain of 100dB while spread across RF, IF, and baseband stages to avoid instability. It must also be sensitive to weak signals down to -110dBm and reject strong adjacent channels.
2. A superheterodyne receiver is most common as it allows for sharper filters at IF to improve selectivity. Downconverting to IF also eases image filtering requirements.
3. Automatic gain control is needed to adjust the receiver gain over a wide range of input signal levels and fit them into the baseband processing range. It helps prevent compression from strong signals exceeding the 1dB compression point.
GNSS De-sense By IMT and PCS DA Outputcriterion123
This document discusses techniques for reducing transmitter in-band noise in the GNSS frequency band, including:
- Using sharp skirts on power amplifier output filters closer to the GNSS band to limit noise leakage.
- Proper impedance matching and isolation between transmitter components like the driver amplifier and power amplifier inputs to reflect noise away from the GNSS band.
- Optimizing parameters of notch filters placed before the power amplifier, like the capacitor value in a series notch filter or the inductor value in a parallel notch filter, to reduce insertion loss while maintaining rejection of noise from adjacent bands.
This document provides recommendations for matching a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver to achieve optimal performance. It describes measuring the transceiver output without a direct connection, then matching to 50 ohms for receive mode before tuning transmit mode. Procedures are outlined for measuring and adjusting filter and diplexer matching values to achieve low insertion loss and return loss. The document also recommends steps for combining and fine-tuning the filter and transceiver matching.
EVM Degradation in LTE systems by RF Filtering criterion123
This document discusses OFDM, OFDMA, and SC-FDMA techniques used in LTE. It explains that LTE uses OFDM for the downlink to transmit over multiple narrow subcarriers to overcome multipath fading. OFDMA is used to enable time-frequency scheduling by allocating users to subsets of subcarriers. SC-FDMA is used for the uplink instead of OFDMA to reduce high peak-to-average power ratios. Resource blocks, which are the smallest allocable units, occupy 180kHz frequency bandwidth and 0.5ms time slots. Filter selection impacts error vector magnitude, and filters should have wide bandwidth and stable frequency response even at high temperatures to avoid signal distortion near band edges
OXX B66 Rx sensitivity and desense analysis issue debugPei-Che Chang
This document discusses OXX B66 Rx sensitivity analysis. It calculates the sensitivity for different B66 Rx configurations, including bypassing the external LNA and connecting directly to the mLNA or iLNA. It is determined that connecting to the mLNA yields better sensitivity due to the iLNA's higher noise figure degrading the cascade NF. The document also analyzes desense from Tx leakage into the Rx band and compares to a reference design from another company.
Intermodulation distortion (IMD) occurs when two or more signals interact in a nonlinear device, producing unwanted signals at frequencies that are not found at the input. IMD can interfere with signals even if they are not at the same frequency. Common sources of IMD include amplifiers, mixers, and corroded connectors. Higher order IMDs have wider bandwidth, so they can interfere with more channels. Both forward and reverse IMD can degrade network performance and call quality at cell sites. Receiver filtering and transmitter filtering can help mitigate IMD effects.
High Efficiency LDMOS Technology for UMTS base stations_journalSteven Theeuwen
This document summarizes the tradeoffs between linearity, gain, and efficiency that can be made for state-of-the-art LDMOS technology used in base station RF power amplifiers. It describes optimizations made to the LDMOS structure including a stepped shield and highly doped drain region that improved efficiency by 7% under two-carrier WCDMA conditions while maintaining linearity and increasing power gain by 1 dB. Further optimizations could increase device efficiencies above 30% and power gain by over 2 dB. The presented technology also enhances reliability by allowing higher operating temperatures.
The document discusses link budgets used for dimensioning and planning radio networks. It provides examples of uplink link budgets for different data rates (500 kbps, 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps). Key elements of the uplink link budgets include transmit power, bandwidth, noise floor, SINR requirements, and maximum allowed path loss. Building penetration loss and other factors are accounted for to determine coverage requirements for indoor users. The maximum allowed path loss results can indicate whether the network will be uplink or downlink limited.
This document summarizes a tunable narrowband receiver operating from 1 GHz to 1.5 GHz. The receiver consists of a differential LNA, active mixer, and differential TIA. The LNA uses active post-distortion to improve IIP3 above +6 dBm across the frequency band. The active mixer employs a negative body-biasing topology to achieve over 7.9 dBm IIP3. Simulation results show the receiver achieves less than 3 dB NF and maintains IIP3 performance across 1-1.5 GHz to meet the design targets. Future work could include wideband input matching for the LNA and frequency-dependent bias optimization for the active mixer.
This document summarizes a 175μW 100MHz-2GHz inductorless receiver front-end in 65nm CMOS. It achieves over 17dB of gain from 100MHz to 2000MHz while consuming only 175μW from a 0.9V supply. The noise figure is 11dB and third-order intercept point is -16.8dBm. It uses a completely inductorless topology with a real input impedance of 300Ω achieved through current feedback in two stages, with a common gate stage at the input and common drain stage providing feedback current. The active area is just 0.017mm2, excluding pads.
Mixed Linearity Improvement Techniques for Ultra-wideband Low Noise Amplifier IJECEIAES
We present the linearization of an ultra-wideband low noise amplifier (UWB-LNA) operating from 2GHz to 11GHz through combining two linearization methods. The used linearization techniques are the combination of post-distortion cancellation and derivative-superposition linearization methods. The linearized UWB-LNA shows an improved linearity (IIP3) of +12dBm, a minimum noise figure (NF ) of 3.6dB, input and output insertion losses (S 11 and S 22 min. ) below -9dB over the entire working bandwidth, midband gain of 6dB at 5.8GHz, and overall circuit power consumption of 24mW supplied from a 1.5V voltage source. Both UWB-LNA and linearized UWB-LNA designs are verified and simulated with ADS2016.01 software using BSIM3v3 TSMC 180nm CMOS model files. In addition, the linearized UWB-LNA performance is compared with other recent state-of-the-art LNAs.
This document provides information about link budget design for UMTS networks, including typical sensitivity levels for NodeBs and UEs, maximum output powers, antenna gains, path losses, and other key link budget parameters. It also discusses concepts like processing gain, Eb/No targets, soft handover gain, and pole capacity calculations for different services. The document aims to equip the reader with an understanding of the technical considerations and design objectives involved in developing an optimal UMTS network link budget.
1. The document discusses various technical aspects of UMTS link budget design such as typical NodeB and UE sensitivity levels, maximum output power, antenna gain, path loss, dBm, TMA functionality, processing gain, Eb/No targets, pole capacity calculations, and types of handovers.
2. Key information provided includes NodeB sensitivity from -124 to -115 dBm, UE sensitivity from -119 to -105 dBm, maximum NodeB output power of 20-40W, UE maximum transmit power of 21dBm, typical antenna gain of 17dBi, maximum path loss of 135-160dB, and TMA gain of 12dB from noise figure reduction.
3. Calcul
A New CMOS Fully Differential Low Noise Amplifier for Wideband ApplicationsTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
This document presents a new CMOS fully differential low noise amplifier (LNA) designed for wideband applications between 3.5-7.5 GHz. The LNA uses a common-gate input stage to improve input impedance matching and linearity, and a common-source second stage to enhance gain and reduce noise. A shunt-shunt feedback is employed to extend bandwidth and enhance linearity. Simulation results show the LNA achieves a flat power gain of 16.5 ± 1.5 dB, low noise figure of 3dB, input and output return losses less than -10 dB, and high linearity with an input IIP3 of -3dBm, while consuming less than 10 mW of
Design of 10 to 12 GHz Low Noise Amplifier for Ultrawideband (UWB) SystemIJECEIAES
Balanced amplifier is the structure proposed in this article, it provides better performance. In fact, the single amplifier meets the specification for noise figure and gain but fails to meet the return loss specification due to the large mis-matches on the input & outputs. To overcome this problem one solution is to use balanced amplifier topography. In this paper, a wide-band and highgain microwave balanced amplifier constituted with branch line coupler circuit is proposed. The amplifier is unconditionally stable in the band [9-13] GHz where the gain is about 20dB. The input reflection (S11) and output return loss (S22) at 11 GHz are -33.4dB and -33.5dB respectively.
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF 2 GHz 130nm CMOS CASCODE LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER WITH INTE...csijjournal
This work, illustrates the development of 2 GHz Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) interfaced with square truncated edge-fed right circularly polarized patch antenna. The LNA is simulated on Agilent ADS platform with TSMC 130nm RF CMOS process. The development of cascode amplifier and its optimization has been further exemplified. The developed LNA is tuned for 2 GHz and the performance is tuned for high stability factor of 4, Gain of 19 dB which is essential for any mobile device, Noise Figure (NF) of 1.15 dB with a P1dB point at -9 dBm. Further a truncated patch antenna with right circular polarization has been simulated on EMpro. The antenna has a gain of 6.1 dB in the azimuth plane. The simulated system can be further integrated to form the RF front end of TDD2000 LTE standard mobile device.
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Performance Requirement and Lessons Learnt of LTE Terminal_Transmitter Part
1. Transmitter Output Power
The LTE specified maximum output power:23 dBm with a tolerance of ± 2
dB [1,6].
Nevertheless, the WCDMA specified 24 dBm with a tolerance of +1/−3 dB [1].
The overall LTE key parameters are shown below [2]:
1
2. LTE makes use of QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM for uplink transmission, but
WCDMA makes use of BPSK for uplink transmission. The overall bits per
symbol table for these modulation types is summarized as below [3]:
BPSK makes use of two symbols, which is two to the first power. So the bits
per symbol is one; QPSK makes use of four symbols, which is two squared.
So the bits per symbol is two; 64QAM makes use of sixty-four symbols, which
is two to the sixth power. So the bits per symbol is six, and so on [4].
2
3. Higher order modulation achieves higher data rate, but at the expense of
higher PAR (Peak -to-Average-Ratio), which requires more back-off to retain
linearity [1,5].
3
4. Hence, there are average power and peak power on the display
simultaneously.
4
5. SC-FDMA is used for LTE uplink transmission to reduce PAR [5].
Nevertheless, LTE still has higher PAR in uplink modulation than WCDMA. [1]
Thus, that’s why maximum output power of LTE is 23 dBm, but 24 dBm of
WCDMA.
Furthermore, MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) has been introduced in LTE
to take into account the higher PAR of 16QAM modulation and RB (Resource
Block) allocation [1,6]. That’s why the output power is lower under full RBs.
5
6. LTE power control ranges from -40 dBm to 23 dBm. [1]
Take SKYWORKS SKY77645-11 for example, its maximum power in LTE B7
is 28.5 dBm, which indicates the MMPA post-loss should be less than 5.5 dB.
6
7. Of course, the post-loss is the smaller the better since more headroom leads
to better linearity.
Moreover, the output power is related to temperature and frequency, so the
compensation should be done to ensure consistent output power under
various temperature and frequency.
7
8. As shown above, the saturated power for low gain mode is 26.9 dBm, and
which for high gain mode is 29 dBm. In other words, both low gain mode and
high gain mode can achieve 23 dBm. Nevertheless, high gain mode has more
headroom (29 dBm – 23 dBm = 6 dB) than low gain mode (26.9 dBm – 23
dBm = 3.9 dB). As mentioned earlier, more headroom leads to better linearity.
So incorrect gain mode also causes linearity issues, such as EVM.
8
9. As for power control, Qualcomm makes use of FBRX (Feedback Receiver)
method:
As shown above, the output power is usually coupled back to transceiver by
means of the coupler integrated in ASM (Antenna Switch Module). Take
SKYWORKS SKY77912-11 for example [9]
Thus, the overall process is closed loop, thereby adjusting output power by
the feedback power to retain accuracy.
9
10. Lesson learnt_1: B28 Minimum power issue
While doing minimum power measurement, B27 can achieve the power level
less than -30 dBm, but B28 can NOT [10]. Additionally, as shown below,
B27/B28 share the identical transmitting path. In other words, the issue is not
due to hardware issue since B27 is normal. While doing calibration, with the
identical RGI (RF Gain Index), there is approximately 10 dB gap between B27
and B28, as shown below [10]:
10
11. Nevertheless, with the same RGI, there is no difference between B27 and
B28 output power at transceiver output port. This indicates that the issue is
not related to transceiver.
As shown below, B27 and B28 should be configured LB and VLB respectively.
Otherwise, there may be something wrong in transmitting performance, such
as minimum power.
11
12. Lesson learnt_2: Band 2 low channel Max power
As shown above, while doing B2 maximum power measurement, it’s too high
in low channel, but normal in mid and high channels. From calibration log, it is
apparent that the low channels have lower HDET (High Power Detector) value
than mid and high ones.
12
13. As shown above, the measured maximum power at connector should be 23
dBm. We assume the loss of duplexer is approximately 3 dB, so the output
power at MMPA is 26 dBm. Because the coupler is integrated into MMPA and
the coupling factor is 23 dB, the feedback power is 3 dBm, which is higher
than the handling capacity of feedback LNA. As shown below, with a strong
input signal, the gain of LNA reduces [11]. That’s why the low channels have
lower HDET value than mid and high ones.
13
14. As for mid and high channels, perhaps the frequency response of FBRX path
is as shown below:
Thus, thanks to higher loss, the feedback power doesn’t make feedback LNA
saturate in mid and high channels. This explains why HDET value increases
as channel number increases reasonably.
Thanks to lower HDET value in low channels, the baseband block
misunderstands that the output power is too low, thereby increasing RGI and
resulting in too high output power in low channels. Therefore. In modern LTE
terminal design, the coupler is integrated into ASM, instead of MMPA.
14
15. Lesson learnt_3: All bands too high maximum power
During factory manufacturing phase, one board failed thanks to too large
power. Compared to good board, the value of stored NV item
(FBRX_Gain_Value) is larger than good board.
Since there is soldering issue in DC block, thereby resulting in large loss in
FBRX path. With weak input signal, the LNA switches to high gain mode to
lower the overall noise figure to achieve acceptable BER. Additionally, the
baseband block misunderstands that the output power is too low, thereby
increasing RGI and resulting in too high output power.
15
16. Lesson learnt_4: Band 38 too high maximum power
As shown above, B38 and B41 share the same transmitting path, but the
maximum output power of B38 is higher than B41 approximately 2 dB. From
calibration log, B38 has lower calibration power than B41. Thus, this issue is
related to FBRX.
16
17. Check the coupler configuration, B38 is configured LB instead of HB. As
shown below, the coupler has larger coupling factor in LB (27 dB) than in HB
(22 dB).
It means that B38 has larger loss in FBRX path than B41. With weak input
signal, the baseband block misunderstands that the output power is too low,
thereby increasing RGI and resulting in too high output power in B38.
17
18. Similarly, if B5 is configured HB, as shown below:
Since the coupling factor of HB is less than LB approximately 5 dB, the B5
feedback power will be higher than expectation, thereby making feed-back
LNA saturate. With low output power level from feed-back LNA, the baseband
block may misunderstand the output power is too low, thereby increasing RGI
and resulting in too high output power.
Therefore, whether the feed-back power is too high or too low, the output
power may be too high finally thanks to compensation mechanism.
18
19. Lesson learnt_5: Band 7 too high maximum power
The layout is as shown below:
The impedance may alter while the shielding cover is on the co-planar ground
since the medium is already NOT air.
19
20. B7 is high band, which is more sensitive to impedance change than mid- and
low bands. Thus, the impedance mismatch in FBRX path results in high
mismatch loss, thereby leading to too high power due to compensation
mechanism.
Because FBRX affects numerous bands, please lay the trace in inner layer to
obtain better protection. Otherwise, output power, EVM, and ILPC (Inner Loop
Power Control) may fail.
20
21. Lesson learnt_6: LTE B40 high channel max power is lower than others
As mentioned earlier, for the output power, the compensation should be done
to ensure consistent output power under various temperature and frequency.
Similarly, compensation should also be done properly for FBRX because this
affects output power. As shown below, the FBRX high channel compensation
is exceeding other channels, thereby causing lower output power than other
channels.
21
22. EVM
As shown above, there are numerous test items for signal quality [6].
22
23. EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) is as depicted below [6]:
EVM is a vector in the I-Q plane between the ideal constellation point and the
practical point received by the receiver. In other words, it is the difference
between actual received symbols and ideal symbols. EVM is low if the actual
received symbols are very close to ideal symbols, and vice versa.
In time domain, the timing error in waveform is called “jitter”, which generates
phase error in the modulation constellation, thereby contributing to EVM [1].
23
24. Let’s look at the effect of LO phase noise from another point of view.
According to this relationship [12], it is apparent that the EVM is inversely
proportional to SNR. As shown below, a LO with high phase noise leads to the
reduction in RF signal SNR, thereby aggravating EVM performance.
24
25. As shown above, take Qualcomm WTR4905 for example, the crystal
generates a 19.2 MHz sine waveform to produce a 19.2 MHz square-wave
XO signal from PMIC to transceiver [13]. Thus, a crystal with high phase noise
contributes to the phase noise of LO. Nevertheless, cellular technology
usually shares one identical crystal with GPS technology. If GPS performance
is acceptable (i.e., CNR = 38 ~ 40 dB), it indicates that the crystal is innocent
since GPS performance is more sensitive to crystal performance thanks to its
extremely weak received signal.
25
26. The sine waveform and square-wave signals can corrupt each other; sufficient
isolation is highly recommended [13]. The layout shown below is a bad
example since the isolation is not enough.
Furthermore, keep-out areas on PCB top layer is necessary for transceiver
since these areas is related to VCO, which is sensitive to parasitic effect.
Otherwise, the parasitic effect may aggravate VCO phase noise [13, 30].
26
27. LTE makes use of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)
modulation [5], which is sensitive to phase error and/or frequency offset [14].
As shown below, in direct-conversion transmitter architecture, perhaps an
appreciable fraction of the PA output couples to the LO trough substrate, and
PCB traces etc. [16].
27
28. With the presence of injection pulling, the LO output waveform is as shown
below [16]:
As mentioned earlier, the timing error in waveform generates phase error in
the modulation constellation, thereby contributing to EVM, and OFDM
modulation is sensitive to phase error. Thus, for a LTE system, especially
direct-conversion transceiver architecture (since RF frequency almost equals
to LO frequency), oscillator pulling should be avoided.
28
29. Lesson learnt_7: EVM issue due to shielding can
As shown above, if someone presses the shielding can with finger, the EVM
performance is good, and vice versa. As shown below, PA and transceiver
blocks are placed in the identical shielding space. The PA couples its strong
RF energy onto the shielding can. An appreciable fraction of the PA output
couples to the VCO trough shielding can by means of reflection, thereby
making VCO pulling happen and aggravating EVM performance [13,18].
29
30. Nevertheless, if someone presses the shielding can, this action reinforces the
grounding of the shielding can, thereby eliminating reflection and VCO pulling
[13].
Thus, the PA and transceiver blocks should be placed in separated shielding
areas individually to avoid oscillator pulling [30].
Moreover, for typical designs, as the PA output exceeds 0 dBm, injection
pulling may prove severe [16].
30
31. As shown above, take Qualcomm SDR660 for example [19], the output power
from transceiver exceeds 0 dBm. In other words, not only PA output causes
injection pulling, but also transceiver output does. If the impedance between
transceiver and PA is NOT 50 Ohm, the reflection thanks to mismatch may
cause injection pulling [13].
31
32. Lesson learnt_8: B41 EVM issue due to RX path
Modern MMPAs adopt fully programmable MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor
Interface) control, which can easily enable more than one RF path
simultaneously [8,28]. B41 is TDD, receiver path should be off while
transmitter is operating. Because improper value is written into PA register,
which makes receiver path enable (marked as red circle) while transmitter is
operating. Thus, a fraction of PA output power leaks to transceiver through
receiver path, thereby causing VCO pulling. Unlike FDD system, TDD system
does NOT have duplexer to suppress TX leakage. Thus, the VCO pulling
proves severe and causes EVM issue.
32
33. Additionally, the PA nonlinearity, the AM-AM and AM-PM distortion, causes the
amplitude error and phase error on the output signal and then has a
contribution to EVM [1,20-21].
As shown above, the AM-AM and AM-PM distortion increases as the output
power is increased [1]. Especially, as mentioned earlier, OFDM-based
transmitter is sensitive to phase error [20]. Thus, the saturated output power
should be high enough to have more headroom, thereby causing more back-
off and better linearity [1]. This is especially important for TDD (Time Division
Duplexing) bands such as B38/B40/B41 since PA is pulsed on and off during
usage. This kind of dynamic mode has worse linearity performance than static
mode (i.e., FDD bands) [26].
33
34. The modulation scheme and maximum output power per band configurations
for a MMPA is as shown below [1]:
Usually, there are three ways to improve PA linearity. First, do DPD (Digital
Pre-Distortion), which is a method universally adopted and employed in
wireless cellular industry [1,5, 22].
34
35. Second, tune PA output impedance to transform the load impedance (usually
50 Ohm) into the desired one [1].
35
36. As shown above, the blue contour represents efficiency (%) and red contour
represents saturated power [23]. It is apparently that there is a trade-off
between efficiency and linearity. Thus, you need to optimize saturated power
at the expense of efficiency.
36
37. Third, tune the PA voltage supply [1]. ET (Envelope-tracking) is a technique
for improving the energy efficiency of PA. The traditional DC-DC converter
supplying (usually from PMIC directly) is replaced by a highly agile ET power
supply modulating the power supply of the PA. It means that the PA is always
operating in a highly efficient compressed state [24].
As mentioned earlier, there is a trade-off between linearity and efficiency.
Thus, ET improves efficiency at the expense of linearity. Conversely, you can
also optimize linearity at the expense of efficiency. That’s why you can tune
the PA voltage supply. Practically, you can tune ICQ (Quiescent Current) point.
37
38. Quadrature imperfections in the up-mixing can cause IQ imbalance, which
distorts constellation symbol location and aggravates EVM performance
[13,17,25].
Excessive DC component in I/Q branches cause high level of carrier leakage
(IQ origin offset), which also distorts constellation symbol location and
aggravates EVM performance [13].
38
39. As shown above, “1” is just RF transmitting signal, “2” is carrier leakage, and
“3” is called “image” thanks to IQ imbalance [6].
39
41. As mentioned earlier, the XO signal from PMIC to transceiver is rich in
harmonics (i.e., 19.2 MHz*N, N is integer). Thus, IQ traces should be away
from XO signal. Otherwise, those channels, whose frequencies correspond to
19.2 MHz*N, may have EVM issue. Please reserve LC filter in IQ traces, as
shown below [13]:
41
42. Nevertheless, the value of bypass capacitors should NOT be too large. For
example, the 150 pF frequency response is as shown below:
Since the self-resonant frequency of 150 pF is 847 MHz, which exhibits LPF
characteristic in baseband domain. The IQ frequency range of various
bandwidth is as shown below:
Thus, IQ amplitude of the signal with wider bandwidth may be attenuated,
thereby causing power and EVM issues.
42
43. Besides, avoid routing IQ lines near or directly under PMIC SMPS (Switching
Mode Power Supply) PCB areas since the strong switching noise can couple
magnetically and electrically to IQ lines even though in the presence of GND
plane separation. As shown below, the case where the IQ traces are
separated from PMIC switching node by multiple ground layers, but it is not
recommended [30].
43
44. As shown above, the IQ lines don’t overlap PMIC area, this is recommended.
44
45. Lesson learnt_9: EVM issue due to cable loss
The transmit EVM specification for LTE is as shown below:
With 16 QAM modulation, the measured output power is 22.5 dBm, and
measured EVM is 15%.
As mentioned earlier, whether the feed-back power is too high or too low, the
output power may be too high finally thanks to compensation mechanism.
Moreover, cable loss setting is a critical factor as well.
45
46. While doing calibration, RGI 51 is expected to generate 22.5 dBm output
power. Nevertheless, in the absence of cable loss setting, RGI 51 generates
merely 21.5 dBm output power. Therefore, in order to achieve expected 22.5
dBm, the RGI is increased to 52. But, with RGI 52, the actual output power is
24 dBm in the presence of cable loss setting.
46
47. Consequently, although the measured output power is 22.5 dBm on the
display, the actual output power is larger than the measured one, maybe 24
dBm. As mentioned earlier, the AM-AM and AM-PM distortion increases as the
output power is increased, so does EVM. That’s why EVM failed.
47
48. Filter contributes to EVM as well. As mentioned earlier, DPD is a method to
improve linearity. Nevertheless, during DPD, the pre-distorted waveform will
be truncated if the filter bandwidth is not wide enough, thereby contributing to
EVM [5].
Besides, the deviations in group delay cause signal distortion [5].
48
49. Usually, large group delay variation appears near the transition region in
frequency response, leading to distorted waveform [5].
Thus, with large deviations in group delay, the channels near the transition
region suffer from EVM issue more easily. The total EVM of an LTE signal is
as calculated below [5]:
EVMi is the EVM measured across the individual RB. N is the total number of
RBs in the LTE signal. EVMi can be as calculated below:
∆α is the effective magnitude ripple across the individual RB of the filter’s
passband; ∆ø is the effective phase ripple across the individual RB of the
filter’s passband [5].
49
50. Lesson learnt_10: EVM issue due to filter
As shown above, by far the worst result was the 15 MHz bandwidth case due
to insufficient filter’s bandwidth (14.6 MHz), thereby truncating the waveform
of some channels.
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51. Furthermore, except 15 MHz, it is apparently that narrower bandwidth results
in worse EVM. It is related to proportion. For instance, with 1.4 MHz signal
bandwidth, if three RBs are contaminated by large group delay ripple near
transition region (e.g. low/high channel), it means that 50% RBs (3/6 = 50%)
have poor EVM, thereby aggravating the overall EVM.
Conversely, with 10 MHz signal bandwidth, even though 5 RBs are
contaminated by large group delay ripple near transition region, it means that
merely 10% RBs (5/50 = 10%) have poor EVM, which is not severe enough to
the overall EVM [5].
Thus, what matters most is that how much the proportion is, not how much
the contaminated RB number is.
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52. In addition to group delay ripple and bandwidth, temperature stability is a
crucial factor contributing to EVM as well. As shown below, the frequency
response may drift towards the left side in high temperature.
Thus, during calibration, perhaps the growing heat in PCB makes the
frequency response drift towards the left side, thereby reinforcing the loss in
high channel and the output power is not as expected. At this time, as
mentioned earlier, the RGI is increased to compensate for the loss so as to
achieve expected power. This causes too high output power in high channel
under normal temperature, thereby aggravating EVM [5].
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53. As mentioned earlier, TDD bands have worse linearity performance than FDD
bands. Additionally, for TDD PA, once PA is on, amplitude must be flat during
entire transmission. Otherwise, any rise or droop contributes to AM/AM
distortion and degrades EVM [26]. So TX related timing (PA_ON, ASM, etc.) is
crucial [31].
Furthermore, thanks to dynamic mode operation, once PA in on, the power
supply generates huge transient current, thereby aggravating voltage ripple
[13].
Any imperfection in power supply (e.g. IR drop, ripple, noise) causes poor
transmitter performance.
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54. Thus, for TDD PA, proper decoupling method is necessary.
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55. As for transceiver, pay attention to not only keep-out areas, but also power
supply. Use star-routing for power supply pins rather than daisy-chain [30].
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56. As shown above, there are five power supply sources from PMIC to
transceiver, four of them (as marked green circle) provide to multiple pins. It is
necessary to make use of star-routing for these pins. Branch at capacitor (as
marked black circle) only [30].
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57. Lesson learnt_11 EVM issue due to LCM
As shown above, EVM fails while LCM is on, but passes while LCM is off. As
shown below, since VPH_PWR branches close to backlight driver IC, thereby
causing the impedance of the coupling path low. Thus, transient current from
backlight driver IC leaks to MMPA easily. That’s why EVM passes while LCM
off due to the absence of transient current [13].
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58. Lesson learnt_12 EVM issue due to WIFI
As shown above, EVM fails while LTE and WIFI operate simultaneously. As
shown below, there is no sufficient isolation between cellular and WIFI XO
traces. As mentioned earlier, XO signal is rich in harmonics, so they interfere
with each other in this case [35].
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59. Lesson learnt_13 EVM due to incorrect schematics
As shown above, since TX_DAC1 IQ pin is connected to GND, DC current
leaks from GND to IQ pins that practically function. Hence, carrier leakage
causes EVM issue. Those IQ pins that don’t practically function should be
floating. As shown below:
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60. ACLR
As shown above, the IMD (Intermodulation) contributes to ACLR. Therefore,
the linearity of transmitter chain, especially PA, determines the ACLR
performance [6,27].
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61. As mentioned earlier, SC-FDMA is used for LTE uplink transmission to reduce
PAR [1,5]. Nevertheless, LTE still has higher PAR in uplink modulation than
WCDMA. Thus, even though in the presence of smaller output power (LTE:23
dBm, WCDMA:24 dBm), LTE still has worse ACLR performance due to higher
PAR. In other words, the linearity requirement of LTE is more stringent than
WCDMA.
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62. Lesson learnt_14: WCDMA ACLR issue due to ICQ
With the identical frequency range, LTE B5 and WCDMA B5 share the same
transmitter path. Because the linearity requirement of LTE is more stringent
than WCDMA, there is no need to tune PA output impedance to transform the
load impedance into the desired one. Finally, the issue was solved by
modifying ICQ.
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63. For ET, it is crucial that Vcc and the RF input signal are aligned in time of the
PA. Otherwise, these will be time delay between RF input signal and Vcc,
thereby aggravating transmitter performance, such as ACLR and EVM [29].
Thus, proper time delay adjustment is necessary.
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64. Lesson learnt_15: ACLR issue due to decoupling capacitor
With ET technique, wider signal bandwidth aggravates ACLR performance.
As shown above, this IC is ET DC-DC converter, which provides power supply
to PA (i.e., Pin29, VSW), and C5513 (as marked blue circle) should be 470 pF.
Nevertheless, thanks to incorrect value (470 pF -> 47 nF), and the signal
waveform is as shown below:
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65. In 20 MHz bandwidth, the time delay between Vcc (yellow trace) and RF input
signal is obvious thanks to 47 nF shunt capacitor, thereby causing ACLR
issue. As shown below, N is the number of subcarriers, which is related to
PAR and bandwidth. In other words, wider bandwidth has higher PAR [5].
High PAR means that the envelope varies more quickly than low PAR, so the
time delay of 20 MHz bandwidth is more serious than 5 MHz one. Of course,
with an external power supply (i.e., conventional fixed power supply) rather
than ET DC-DC converter, the issue is gone.
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66. Occasionally, the ACLR is asymmetric, which is related to memory effects in
PA. Memory effects are changes in a PA’s nonlinearity resulting from the
previous history of the input signal [32]. Self-heating has already been proven
to be one of the key sources to memory effect in PA. In addition, the memory
effect depends on signal bandwidth as well [33]. Therefore, asymmetric ACLR
phenomena often occurs in maximum output power, especially wider
bandwidth. The solution to this issue is to tune PA load impedance [34].
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68. Tune the impedance from antenna port to duplexer first to shrink the circle,
then tune the impedance from PA and duplexer to determine the circle
location in Smith Chart. Nevertheless, in this case, for connector signal pad,
to regard L9 as GND proves severe mismatch due to merely 14 Ohm [13].
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69. Therefore, in this case, it is very difficult to pull load impedance to 50 Ohm for
the common path [13]. Thus, for PA, ASM. and connector etc., metal under
their signal pads should be cut out to retain 50 Ohm, if necessary. In this
case, L9, L8, and L7 should be cut out to retain 50 Ohm (GND is L6).
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70. Ideally, the baseband signal is mixed with an up-converter (LO) to obtain the
(LO + BB) component at transceiver output. Nevertheless, practically, the LO
often generates square-wave signal which is rich in harmonics. Thus, there
will be (LO ± BB) and (3LO ± BB) at mixer output.
Thus, if not properly filtered before PA, (LO ± BB) components due to PA
nonlinearity appears near RF signal, thereby aggravating ACLR [31].
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71. Lesson learnt_16: ACLR issue due to charging
ACLR only fails while charging function enables. For a 5V DCP (Dedicated
Charging Port) plug-in, the charging noise is set to 600 kHz, which leaks from
PMIC through PA DC-DC converter to PA. Hence, the IMD2 components near
RF signal aggravates ACLR.
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72. Lesson learnt_17: ACLR issue due to shielding can
As shown above, if someone presses the shielding can with finger, the ACLR
performance is good, and vice versa. As mentioned earlier, the PA couples its
strong RF energy onto the shielding can. An appreciable fraction of the PA
output couples to the PA input by means of reflection, thereby driving PA to
higher output power level (25 dBm) and aggravating ACLR.
To press the shielding can with finger is able to reinforce the grounding,
thereby making all the fraction of PA output flow to main ground directly.
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73. Furthermore, if the reflected TX signal leaks to PA Vcc, as mentioned earlier,
any imperfection in power supply such as noise, TX performance will become
poor.
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74. Additionally, PA input is the load impedance of DA (Driver Amplifier) as well. In
other words, non-50 Ohm impedance degrades DA’s linearity and aggravates
ACLR at PA input. Poor ACLR at PA input causes worse ACLR at PA output.
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