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On-Chip Stimulus Generator for Gain, Linearity, and Blocking Profile Test of Wideband RF Front Ends
Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronic Devices. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
2010 (English)In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, ISSN 0018-9456, Vol. 59, no 11, p. 2870-2876Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper presents the design and measurement of a stimulus generator suitable for on-chip RF test aimed at gain, 1-dB compression point (CP), and the blocking profile measurement. Implemented in a 90-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), the generator consists of two low-noise voltage-controlled ring oscillators (VCOs) and an adder. It can generate a single-or two-tone signal in a range of 0.9-5.6 GHz with a tone spacing of 3 MHz to 4.5 GHz and adjustable output power. The VCOs are based on symmetrically loaded double-differential delay line architecture. The measured phase noise is -80 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 1 MHz for the oscillation frequency of 2.4 GHz. A single VCO consumes 26 mW at 1 GHz while providing -10-dBm power into a 50-Omega load. The silicon area of the complete test circuit including coupling capacitors is only 0.03 mm(2), while a single VCO occupies 0.012 mm(2). The measured gain, 1-dB CP, and blocking profile of the wideband receiver using the on-chip stimulus generator are within +/- 8%, +/- 10%, and +/- 18% of their actual values, respectively. These error values are acceptable for making a pass or fail decision during production testing.

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IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics , 2010. Vol. 59, no 11, p. 2870-2876
Keywords [en]
On-chip RF testing, RF design for testability (DfT), RF test, stimulus generator, voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-61314DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2036454ISI: 000283440200011OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-61314DiVA, id: diva2:369814
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©2010 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE. Rashad Ramzan, Naveed Ahsan and Jerzy Dabrowski, On-Chip Stimulus Generator for Gain, Linearity, and Blocking Profile Test of Wideband RF Front Ends, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, (59), 11, 2870-2876. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2009.2036454 Available from: 2010-11-12 Created: 2010-11-12 Last updated: 2010-11-16

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