[1] Yu Zhiqiang, Zhou Jianyi, Zhao Li, Zhou FeiLi Jiang, et al. Implementation of a 6 GHz band TDD RF transceiverfor the next generation mobile communication system [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2012, 28 (3): 276-281. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2012.03.004]

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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:

28

Issue:

2012 3

Page:

276-281

Research Field:

Information and Communication Engineering

Publishing date:

2012-09-30

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Title:

Implementation of a 6 GHz band TDD RF transceiverfor the next generation mobile communication system

Author(s):

Yu Zhiqiang;  Zhou Jianyi;  Zhao Li;  Zhou FeiLi Jiang

State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Keywords:

radio frequency(RF)transceiver;  orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM);  IMT-advanced system;  phase noise;  low noise amplifier;  power amplifier;  LTE-advanced system

PACS:

TN92

DOI:

10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2012.03.004

Abstract:

The development of a high performance wideband radio frequency(RF)transceiver used in the next generation mobile communication system is presented. The developed RF transceiver operates in the 6 to 6.3 GHz band and the channel bandwidth is up to 100 MHz. It operates in the time division duplex(TDD)mode and supports the multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)technique for the international mobile telecommunications(IMT)-advanced systems. The classical superheterodyne scheme is employed to achieve optimal performance. Design issues of the essential components such as low noise amplifier, power amplifier and local oscillators are described in detail. Measurement results show that the maximum linear output power of the RF transceiver is above 23 dBm, and the gain and noise figure of the low noise amplifier is around 24 dB and below 1 dB, respectively. Furthermore, the error vector magnitude(EVM)measurement shows that the performance of the developed RF transceiver is well beyond the requirements of the long term evolution(LTE)-advanced system. With up to 8×8 MIMO configuration, the RF transceiver supports more than a 1 Gbit/s data rate in field tests.

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Biographies: Yu Zhiqiang(1980—), male, graduate; Zhou Jianyi(corresponding author), male, doctor, professor, jyzhou@seu.edu.cn.
Foundation items: The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60702027, 60921063), the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2010CB327400), the National Science and Technology Major Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2010ZX03007-001-01, 2011ZX03004-001).
Citation: Yu Zhiqiang, Zhou Jianyi, Zhao Li, et al. Implementation of a 6 GHz band TDD RF transceiver for the next generation mobile communication system[J].Journal of Southeast University(English Edition), 2012, 28(3):276-281.[doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2012.03.004]

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