Design of multi-standard RF front end receiver using novel low IF topology

Abstract

This thesis presents the multi-standard receiver architecture and the corresponding RF front-end design supporting Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11a WLAN standards. To maximize the level of component share in the proposed multi-standard receiver, the corresponding standards is analyzed and applied to the proposed multi-standard receiver architecture. Low-IF architecture is chosen for both Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11a WLAN, respectively. The system specifications and the building block specifications is derived from the corresponding standards and verified by spreadsheet models taking into account of major design issues such as image-rejection, intercept points, noise figure and gain. The simulation results prove the validity of the system analysis and the proposed multi-standard receiver architecture.